same time. Neither option is available in Wget compiled without IPv6
support.
-@item --prefer-family=IPv4/IPv6/none
+@item --prefer-family=none/IPv4/IPv6
When given a choice of several addresses, connect to the addresses
-with specified address family first. IPv4 addresses are preferred by
-default.
+with specified address family first. The address order returned by
+DNS is used without change by default.
This avoids spurious errors and connect attempts when accessing hosts
that resolve to both IPv6 and IPv4 addresses from IPv4 networks. For
using the @samp{--ftp-user} and @samp{--ftp-password} options for
@sc{ftp} connections and the @samp{--http-user} and @samp{--http-password}
options for @sc{http} connections.
+
+@item --ask-password
+Prompt for a password for each connection established. Cannot be specified
+when @samp{--password} is being used, because they are mutually exclusive.
@end table
@node Directory Options
@section Directory Options
-@table @samp
+@table @samp
@item -nd
@itemx --no-directories
Do not create a hierarchy of directories when retrieving recursively.
@var{file} in the request body. The same as
@samp{--post-file=@var{file}}.
-@item prefer_family = IPv4/IPv6/none
+@item prefer_family = none/IPv4/IPv6
When given a choice of several addresses, connect to the addresses
-with specified address family first. IPv4 addresses are preferred by
-default. The same as @samp{--prefer-family}, which see for a detailed
-discussion of why this is useful.
+with specified address family first. The address order returned by
+DNS is used without change by default. The same as @samp{--prefer-family},
+which see for a detailed discussion of why this is useful.
@item private_key = @var{file}
Set the private key file to @var{file}. The same as