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+Startup File
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+
+ Once you know how to change default settings of Wget through command
+line arguments, you may wish to make some of those settings permanent.
+You can do that in a convenient way by creating the Wget startup
+file--`.wgetrc'.
+
+ Besides `.wgetrc' is the "main" initialization file, it is
+convenient to have a special facility for storing passwords. Thus Wget
+reads and interprets the contents of `$HOME/.netrc', if it finds it.
+You can find `.netrc' format in your system manuals.
+
+ Wget reads `.wgetrc' upon startup, recognizing a limited set of
+commands.
+
+* Menu:
+
+* Wgetrc Location:: Location of various wgetrc files.
+* Wgetrc Syntax:: Syntax of wgetrc.
+* Wgetrc Commands:: List of available commands.
+* Sample Wgetrc:: A wgetrc example.
+