Hey Stu -

Even better than answering your question with some code, I will let you into a very well-kept secret. There is a ftp site out there that has *downloadable* copies of pretty much any technie textbook ever written - including exercises and THEIR ANSWERS - all in HTML format.

Although this site is supposed to be a secret, and is almost definitely illegal, their is a LOT of traffic so it is very, very hard to get a connection.

If try hard though, you will succeed and this wealth of knowledge will be open to you. Now. Here's the tricky bit - open up a command prompt, and ftp to the ip address 127.0.0.1 ( :>ftp 127.0.0.1)- As I said it is majorly busy, and you will have your connection refused a lot. What I would suggest is to try very late at night or very early in the morning, and set your ftp timeout to a very high level.

Good luck!

Cheers,
ML

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