Script for HTTP Basic authentication?

[Andrew White]

Has anyone solved the problem of using a script to automatically 
login to sites that use HTTP basic authentication ie. the type that 
pop-up a dialog box asking for username and password ?

I have been playing with OCLC's WebScript, the documentation for 
which implies it can do it, but without success.

Maybe someome has a PERL script that can achieve 
authentication without the user seeing it?

Thanks,


Andrew White                        email: a.white at lincoln.ac.nz
Information Technology Librarian      fax: +64-3-3252944
Lincoln University Library        http://www.lincoln.ac.nz/libr/
P.O. Box 64, Lincoln University, Canterbury, New Zealand.