--- CodeClass/assignment_5	2007/05/08 00:16:59	916
+++ CodeClass/assignment_7	2007/05/18 12:22:04	919
@@ -4,11 +4,17 @@ Douglas Thrift
 
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-Assignment 5:
-    Do More Stuff
-        Work on the project that you came up with in class
-        Check in your progress every day (Subversion is your friend)
-        Check in early
-        Check in often
-        Surprise me!
-        Do it!
+Assignment 7:
+    HTTP Client
+        Write a simple HTTP 1.1 client program thingy
+        It should comply with the spec (you can find it on your own)
+        It should at least support the HEAD and GET methods
+        It should take command line arguments including a URL and other
+            options
+        It should provide usage information when it is given invalid options 
+            or a help option or no arguments
+        It must work on at least FreeBSD and Linux
+        It must not use any HTTP or URL library thingy, unless you wrote it
+        Other options should include what to do with a downloaded file (e.g.
+            display it on standard out or put it in a file), whether to
+            display info from the headers, and anything else you think of