Refresh of podcast failing on Windows 10

[SAO]

On Sat, 30 Jul 2016 20:47:53 +0100, artisticforge .  
<artisticforge at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hello
>
> I am not a regular user of Windows any version.
> I have get_iplayer-2.95 installed on Windows 10 on a toshiba laptop.
>
> I have noticed yesterday and today that podcasts are not being refreshed.
> the podcast.cache file is basically empty except for the field header  
> line.
>
> I have verified that the get_iplayer.pl and get-iplayer on Devuan
> Linux are the same source.
>
> podcast refresh works on MacOSX and Linux. Not on Windows 10.
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It also fails on Windows 7.

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