getToHost            package:httpRequest            R Documentation

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_D_e_s_c_r_i_p_t_i_o_n:

     Sends Get Request to HTTP Server

_U_s_a_g_e:

     getToHost(host,path,referer,port=80)

_A_r_g_u_m_e_n_t_s:

    host: The host to which to send the Request e. g.: www.spiegel.de,
          127.0.0.1

    path: The path to the file eg. /cgi/getpasswords.pl?test=best or
          /index.html

 referer: something like www.myhome.org

    port: its 80 or 8080 most frequently

_D_e_t_a_i_l_s:

     It is a simple http client. So it does not take care of special
     chars e.g. whitspaces. For details see e.g. perl
     HTTP::Request::Common documentation. and
     'http://www.w3.org/Protocols/rfc1341/0_TableOfContents.html'

_V_a_l_u_e:

     The document which the server returns as a string.

_A_u_t_h_o_r(_s):

     E.W.Wolski wolski@molgen.mpg.de

_S_e_e _A_l_s_o:

     postToHost, simplePostToHost

_E_x_a_m_p_l_e_s:

     #check first if www.molgen.mpg.de is running.
     #port<-80
     #getToHost("www.molgen.mpg.de","/~wolski/test.php4?test=test1&test2=test2&test3=3","www.test.pl",port=port)

