(this paragraph not being relevant to the printed manual).
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@c man end
@end copying
@cindex retries
@cindex tries
-@cindex number of retries
+@cindex number of tries
@item -t @var{number}
@itemx --tries=@var{number}
-Set number of retries to @var{number}. Specify 0 or @samp{inf} for
+Set number of tries to @var{number}. Specify 0 or @samp{inf} for
infinite retrying. The default is to retry 20 times, with the exception
of fatal errors like ``connection refused'' or ``not found'' (404),
which are not retried.
@samp{.html} or @samp{.htm} will be loaded from the local disk and
parsed as if they had been retrieved from the Web.
+@cindex backing up files
+@item --backups=@var{backups}
+Before (over)writing a file, back up an existing file by adding a
+@samp{.1} suffix (@samp{_1} on VMS) to the file name. Such backup
+files are rotated to @samp{.2}, @samp{.3}, and so on, up to
+@var{backups} (and lost beyond that).
+
@cindex continue retrieval
@cindex incomplete downloads
@cindex resume download
Note that @samp{-c} only works with @sc{ftp} servers and with @sc{http}
servers that support the @code{Range} header.
+@cindex offset
+@cindex continue retrieval
+@cindex incomplete downloads
+@cindex resume download
+@cindex start position
+@item --start-pos=@var{OFFSET}
+Start downloading at zero-based position @var{OFFSET}. Offset may be expressed
+in bytes, kilobytes with the `k' suffix, or megabytes with the `m' suffix, etc.
+
+@samp{--start-pos} has higher precedence over @samp{--continue}. When
+@samp{--start-pos} and @samp{--continue} are both specified, wget will emit a
+warning then proceed as if @samp{--continue} was absent.
+
+Server support for continued download is required, otherwise @samp{--start-pos}
+cannot help. See @samp{-c} for details.
+
@cindex progress indicator
@cindex dot style
@item --progress=@var{type}
represents 1K, there are ten dots in a cluster and 50 dots in a line.
The @code{binary} style has a more ``computer''-like orientation---8K
dots, 16-dots clusters and 48 dots per line (which makes for 384K
-lines). The @code{mega} style is suitable for downloading very large
+lines). The @code{mega} style is suitable for downloading large
files---each dot represents 64K retrieved, there are eight dots in a
cluster, and 48 dots on each line (so each line contains 3M).
+If @code{mega} is not enough then you can use the @code{giga}
+style---each dot represents 1M retrieved, there are eight dots in a
+cluster, and 32 dots on each line (so each line contains 32M).
Note that you can set the default style using the @code{progress}
command in @file{.wgetrc}. That setting may be overridden from the
@item --no-use-server-timestamps
Don't set the local file's timestamp by the one on the server.
-By default, when a file is downloaded, it's timestamps are set to
+By default, when a file is downloaded, its timestamps are set to
match those from the remote file. This allows the use of
@samp{--timestamping} on subsequent invocations of wget. However, it
is sometimes useful to base the local file's timestamp on when it was
can't know that until it receives a response, which in turn requires the
request to have been completed -- a chicken-and-egg problem.
-Note: if Wget is redirected after the POST request is completed, it
-will not send the POST data to the redirected URL. This is because
-URLs that process POST often respond with a redirection to a regular
-page, which does not desire or accept POST. It is not completely
-clear that this behavior is optimal; if it doesn't work out, it might
-be changed in the future.
+Note: As of version 1.15 if Wget is redirected after the POST request is
+completed, its behaviour will depend on the response code returned by the
+server. In case of a 301 Moved Permanently, 302 Moved Temporarily or
+307 Temporary Redirect, Wget will, in accordance with RFC2616, continue
+to send a POST request.
+In case a server wants the client to change the Request method upon
+redirection, it should send a 303 See Other response code.
-This example shows how to log to a server using POST and then proceed to
+This example shows how to log in to a server using POST and then proceed to
download the desired pages, presumably only accessible to authorized
users:
@item --body-data=@var{Data-String}
@itemx --body-file=@var{Data-File}
Must be set when additional data needs to be sent to the server along with the
-Method specified using @samp{--method}. @samp{--post-data} sends @var{string} as
-data, whereas @samp{--post-file} sends the contents of @var{file}. Other than that,
+Method specified using @samp{--method}. @samp{--body-data} sends @var{string} as
+data, whereas @samp{--body-file} sends the contents of @var{file}. Other than that,
they work in exactly the same way.
Currently, @samp{--body-file} is @emph{not} for transmitting files as a whole.
regular file. See @samp{--post-file} for a more detailed explanation.
Only one of @samp{--body-data} and @samp{--body-file} should be specified.
-Wget handles these requests in the same way that it handles @samp{--post-data}
-and @samp{--post-file}. If you invoke Wget with @samp{--method=POST} and the server
-responds with a redirect request, then Wget will revert to a GET request during the
-redirection as is explained in @samp{--post-data}.
+If Wget is redirected after the request is completed, Wget will
+suspend the current method and send a GET request till the redirection
+is completed. This is true for all redirection response codes except
+307 Temporary Redirect which is used to explicitly specify that the
+request method should @emph{not} change. Another exception is when
+the method is set to @code{POST}, in which case the redirection rules
+specified under @samp{--post-data} are followed.
@cindex Content-Disposition
@item --content-disposition
@cindex SSL protocol, choose
@item --secure-protocol=@var{protocol}
Choose the secure protocol to be used. Legal values are @samp{auto},
-@samp{SSLv2}, @samp{SSLv3}, and @samp{TLSv1}. If @samp{auto} is used,
-the SSL library is given the liberty of choosing the appropriate
+@samp{SSLv2}, @samp{SSLv3}, @samp{TLSv1} and @samp{PFS}. If @samp{auto}
+is used, the SSL library is given the liberty of choosing the appropriate
protocol automatically, which is achieved by sending an SSLv2 greeting
and announcing support for SSLv3 and TLSv1. This is the default.
Specifying @samp{SSLv2}, @samp{SSLv3}, or @samp{TLSv1} forces the use
of the corresponding protocol. This is useful when talking to old and
-buggy SSL server implementations that make it hard for OpenSSL to
-choose the correct protocol version. Fortunately, such servers are
-quite rare.
+buggy SSL server implementations that make it hard for the underlying
+SSL library to choose the correct protocol version. Fortunately, such
+servers are quite rare.
+
+Specifying @samp{PFS} enforces the use of the so-called Perfect Forward
+Security cipher suites. In short, PFS adds security by creating a one-time
+key for each SSL connection. It has a bit more CPU impact on client and server.
+We use known to be secure ciphers (e.g. no MD4) and the TLS protocol.
+
+@item --https-only
+When in recursive mode, only HTTPS links are followed.
@cindex SSL certificate, check
@item --no-check-certificate
passive FTP doesn't. If you suspect this to be the case, use this
option, or set @code{passive_ftp=off} in your init file.
+@cindex file permissions
+@item --preserve-permissions
+Preserve remote file permissions instead of permissions set by umask.
+
@cindex symbolic links, retrieving
@item --retr-symlinks
Usually, when retrieving @sc{ftp} directories recursively and a symbolic
any of the wildcard characters, @samp{*}, @samp{?}, @samp{[} or
@samp{]}, appear in an element of @var{acclist} or @var{rejlist},
it will be treated as a pattern, rather than a suffix.
+In this case, you have to enclose the pattern into quotes to prevent
+your shell from expanding it, like in @samp{-A "*.mp3"} or @samp{-A '*.mp3'}.
+
+@item --accept-regex @var{urlregex}
+@itemx --reject-regex @var{urlregex}
+Specify a regular expression to accept or reject the complete URL.
+
+@item --regex-type @var{regextype}
+Specify the regular expression type. Possible types are @samp{posix} or
+@samp{pcre}. Note that to be able to use @samp{pcre} type, wget has to be
+compiled with libpcre support.
@item -D @var{domain-list}
@itemx --domains=@var{domain-list}
Ignore case when matching files and directories. This influences the
behavior of -R, -A, -I, and -X options, as well as globbing
implemented when downloading from FTP sites. For example, with this
-option, @samp{-A *.txt} will match @samp{file1.txt}, but also
+option, @samp{-A "*.txt"} will match @samp{file1.txt}, but also
@samp{file2.TXT}, @samp{file3.TxT}, and so on.
+The quotes in the example are to prevent the shell from expanding the
+pattern.
@item -H
@itemx --span-hosts
Enable/disable saving pre-converted files with the suffix
@samp{.orig}---the same as @samp{-K} (which enables it).
-@c @item backups = @var{number}
-@c #### Document me!
-@c
+@item backups = @var{number}
+Use up to @var{number} backups for a file. Backups are rotated by
+adding an incremental counter that starts at @samp{1}. The default is
+@samp{0}.
+
@item base = @var{string}
Consider relative @sc{url}s in input files (specified via the
@samp{input} command or the @samp{--input-file}/@samp{-i} option,
@appendix Copying this manual
@menu
-* GNU Free Documentation License:: Licnse for copying this manual.
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@node GNU Free Documentation License, , Copying this manual, Copying this manual
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