between retries of failed downloads, you can use this option. Wget will
use @dfn{linear backoff}, waiting 1 second after the first failure on a
given file, then waiting 2 seconds after the second failure on that
-file, up to the maximum number of @var{seconds} you specify. Therefore,
-a value of 10 will actually make Wget wait up to (1 + 2 + ... + 10) = 55
-seconds per file.
+file, up to the maximum number of @var{seconds} you specify.
By default, Wget will assume a value of 10 seconds.
You can set the default encoding using the @code{remoteencoding}
command in @file{.wgetrc}. That setting may be overridden from the
command line.
+
+@cindex unlink
+@item --unlink
+
+Force Wget to unlink file instead of clobbering existing file. This
+option is useful for downloading to the directory with hardlinks.
+
@end table
@node Directory Options, HTTP Options, Download Options, Invoking
of domains. Note that it does @emph{not} turn on @samp{-H}.
@item --exclude-domains @var{domain-list}
-Specify the domains that are @emph{not} to be followed.
+Specify the domains that are @emph{not} to be followed
(@pxref{Spanning Hosts}).
@cindex follow FTP links