[Slackbuilds-users] github wget source file ERROR 404: Not Found.

[King Beowulf]

On 02/26/2017 04:56 PM, David Spencer wrote:
>> I do the same thing as Mr. Watson in some of my SlackBuilds. How do I
>> get the long-format Github download that works with wget or if someone
>> downloads it by clicking on the source at Github?
> 
> This is a bit complicated, so I'm happy if people don't worry about
> this or if they make mistakes. But if you really want to know, here it
> is.
> 
>---snip----
> 
> Summary: I am truly sorry for bringing this complicated stuff into
> your lives, and I really don't mind doing fixups when necessary :)
> 

Dude, I've printed your post an its taped to the wall. Old school, but
works.  I hate getting emails from user's of my scripts about broken
links.  Rather fix 'em quick, or at least know why, than constantly have
admins scour the database for them!

Thanks.

-Ed

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