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+#!/usr/bin/python2
+# Copyright 2009 Nick White
+#
+# This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+# (at your option) any later version.
+#
+# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+# See <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/> for a copy of the GNU General
+# Public License.
+
+import urllib2
+from cookielib import CookieJar
+from urllib import urlencode
+from optparse import OptionParser
+from os import getenv
+
+# defaults
+username = ''
+password = ''
+filename = 'lwn.html'
+login_url = 'https://lwn.net/login'
+bigpage_url = 'https://lwn.net/current/bigpage?format=printable'
+
+# parse arguments
+parser = OptionParser()
+parser.add_option("-u", "--user", dest="username", default=username,
+					help="lwn username")
+parser.add_option("-p", "--pass", dest="password", default=password,
+					help="lwn password")
+parser.add_option("-f", "--file", dest="filename", default=filename,
+					help="name of file to save to", metavar="FILE")
+parser.add_option("-d", "--direct", dest="direct", default=False,
+					help="connect directly, bypassing any proxies",
+					action="store_true")
+(options, args) = parser.parse_args()
+
+# set up cookiejar to use
+credentials=urlencode({'Username': options.username, 'Password': options.password})
+cookiejar = CookieJar()
+cookie_handler = urllib2.HTTPCookieProcessor(cookiejar)
+
+# set up proxy
+proxyaddr = getenv('HTTP_PROXY')
+if options.direct == True or not proxyaddr:
+	opener = urllib2.build_opener(cookie_handler)
+else:
+	proxy_handler = urllib2.ProxyHandler({'http': proxyaddr, 'https': proxyaddr})
+	opener = urllib2.build_opener(proxy_handler, cookie_handler)
+
+# login, then retrieve page
+opener.open(login_url, credentials)
+f = opener.open(bigpage_url)
+
+# save to a file
+savefile = open(options.filename, 'w')
+savefile.write(f.read())
+savefile.close