[Go-essp-tech] wget errors

[philip.kershaw at stfc.ac.uk]

Hi Bryan,

>I just me a bloke here at ICTP who is struggling to download data, he's
>sending me details, but I suspect it's due to certificate timeouts.
>
>1) does the wget script give an error message which is comprehensible to
>"joe-average-scientist", and

I think that would get messy as you'd need to heavily customise the
script.  I think the best approach is to make it clear to users (through
the help documentation and UIs) that in the event of problems they should
send a query to the support list with the full output from the script.
 
>
>2) how does one get a new certificate ... if one already has one and it's
>expired ... (it seems like he is not prompted to do the java download
>the day after he has one working).

You can fire up the Java MyProxyLogon at any time and get a fresh
certificate.  On Linux and Mac desktops I've tried, you can double click
on the downloaded program icon to restart it.

We've debated whether to include the MyProxyLogon call actually in the
script itself if a certificate has expired but there's a balance to be had
between bloating the script with too much additional logic.
>
>This guy is also one who is completely puzzled by the difference between
>PCMDI and BADC wget script behaviours.

Bob has said he's committed to switch over the interface so that we're
consistent with one another.

Cheers,
Phil

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