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@setfilename wget.info
@include version.texi
-@set UPDATED May 2003
+@set UPDATED Jan 2005
@settitle GNU Wget @value{VERSION} Manual
@c Disable the monstrous rectangles beside overfull hbox-es.
@finalout
data.
@c man begin COPYRIGHT
-Copyright @copyright{} 1996, 1997, 1998, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003 Free
-Software Foundation, Inc.
+Copyright @copyright{} 1996, 1997, 1998, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005
+Free Software Foundation, Inc.
Permission is granted to make and distribute verbatim copies of
this manual provided the copyright notice and this permission notice
@page
@vskip 0pt plus 1filll
-Copyright @copyright{} 1996, 1997, 1998, 2000, 2001, 2003 Free Software
-Foundation, Inc.
+Copyright @copyright{} 1996, 1997, 1998, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2005,
+Free Software Foundation, Inc.
Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document
under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.2 or
This manual documents version @value{VERSION} of GNU Wget, the freely
available utility for network downloads.
-Copyright @copyright{} 1996, 1997, 1998, 2000, 2001, 2003 Free Software
-Foundation, Inc.
+Copyright @copyright{} 1996, 1997, 1998, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2005
+Free Software Foundation, Inc.
@menu
* Overview:: Features of Wget.
Execute @var{command} as if it were a part of @file{.wgetrc}
(@pxref{Startup File}). A command thus invoked will be executed
@emph{after} the commands in @file{.wgetrc}, thus taking precedence over
-them.
+them. If you need to specify more than one wgetrc command, use multiple
+instances of @samp{-e}.
+
@end table
@node Logging and Input File Options
@itemx --output-document=@var{file}
The documents will not be written to the appropriate files, but all will
be concatenated together and written to @var{file}. If @var{file}
-already exists, it will be overwritten. If the @var{file} is @samp{-},
-the documents will be written to standard output. Including this option
-automatically sets the number of tries to 1.
+already exists, it will be overwritten. If the @var{file} is @samp{-},
+the documents will be written to standard output (disabling @samp{-k}).
+
+Note that a combination with @samp{-k} is only well-defined for downloading
+a single document.
@cindex clobbering, file
@cindex downloading multiple times
directories beginning with @file{fly.srk.fer.hr/}. This option disables
such behavior.
+@item --protocol-directories
+Use the protocol name as a directory component of local file names. For
+example, with this option, @samp{wget -r http://@var{host}} will save to
+@samp{http/@var{host}/...} rather than just to @samp{@var{host}/...}.
+
+Disable generation of host-prefixed directories. By default, invoking
+Wget with @samp{-r http://fly.srk.fer.hr/} will create a structure of
+directories beginning with @file{fly.srk.fer.hr/}. This option disables
+such behavior.
+
@cindex cut directories
@item --cut-dirs=@var{number}
Ignore @var{number} directory components. This is useful for getting a
@table @samp
@cindex .listing files, removing
-@item -nr
-@itemx --dont-remove-listing
+@item --no-remove-listing
Don't remove the temporary @file{.listing} files generated by @sc{ftp}
retrievals. Normally, these files contain the raw directory listings
received from @sc{ftp} servers. Not removing them can be useful for
specified on the command-line, rather than because it was recursed to,
this option has no effect. Symbolic links are always traversed in this
case.
+
+@cindex Keep-Alive, turning off
+@cindex Persistent Connections, disabling
+@item --no-http-keep-alive
+Turn off the ``keep-alive'' feature for HTTP downloads. Normally, Wget
+asks the server to keep the connection open so that, when you download
+more than one document from the same server, they get transferred over
+the same TCP connection. This saves time and at the same time reduces
+the load on the server.
+
+This option is useful when, for some reason, persistent (keep-alive)
+connections don't work for you, for example due to a server bug or due
+to the inability of server-side scripts to cope with the connections.
@end table
@node Recursive Retrieval Options
Turn on options suitable for mirroring. This option turns on recursion
and time-stamping, sets infinite recursion depth and keeps @sc{ftp}
directory listings. It is currently equivalent to
-@samp{-r -N -l inf -nr}.
+@samp{-r -N -l inf --no-remove-listing}.
@cindex page requisites
@cindex required images, downloading
integer, or @samp{inf} for infinity, where appropriate. @var{string}
values can be any non-empty string.
-Most of these commands have command-line equivalents (@pxref{Invoking}),
-though some of the more obscure or rarely used ones do not.
+Most of these commands have direct command-line equivalents. Also, any
+wgetrc command can be specified on the command line using the
+@samp{--execute} switch (@pxref{Basic Startup Options}.)
@table @asis
@item accept/reject = @var{string}
@samp{application/xhtml+xml} files without it, like
@samp{-E}.
+@item http_keep_alive = on/off
+Turn the keep-alive feature on or off (defaults to on). The same as
+`--http-keep-alive'.
+
@item http_passwd = @var{string}
Set @sc{http} password.
Set the type of the progress indicator. Legal types are ``dot'' and
``bar''.
+@item protocol_directories = on/off
+When set, use the protocol name as a directory component of local file
+names. The same as @samp{--protocol-directories}.
+
@item proxy_user = @var{string}
Set proxy authentication user name to @var{string}, like @samp{--proxy-user}.
@item remove_listing = on/off
If set to on, remove @sc{ftp} listings downloaded by Wget. Setting it
-to off is the same as @samp{-nr}.
+to off is the same as @samp{--no-remove-listing}.
@item restrict_file_names = unix/windows
Restrict the file names generated by Wget from URLs. See
@cindex portability
@cindex operating systems
-Since Wget uses GNU Autoconf for building and configuring, and avoids
-using ``special'' ultra--mega--cool features of any particular Unix, it
-should compile (and work) on all common Unix flavors.
+Like all GNU software, Wget works on the GNU system. However, since it
+uses GNU Autoconf for building and configuring, and mostly avoids using
+``special'' features of any particular Unix, it should compile (and
+work) on all common Unix flavors.
Various Wget versions have been compiled and tested under many kinds of
-Unix systems, including Solaris, Linux, SunOS, OSF (aka Digital Unix),
-Ultrix, *BSD, IRIX, and others; refer to the file @file{MACHINES} in the
-distribution directory for a comprehensive list. If you compile it on
-an architecture not listed there, please let me know so I can update it.
+Unix systems, including Solaris, GNU/Linux, SunOS, OSF (aka Digital Unix
+or Tru64), Ultrix, *BSD, IRIX, AIX, and others; refer to the file
+@file{MACHINES} in the distribution directory for a comprehensive list.
+If you compile it on an architecture not listed there, please let me
+know so I can update it.
Wget should also compile on the other Unix systems, not listed in
@file{MACHINES}. If it doesn't, please let me know.
Thanks to kind contributors, this version of Wget compiles and works on
Microsoft Windows 95 and Windows NT platforms. It has been compiled
-successfully using MS Visual C++ 4.0, Watcom, and Borland C compilers,
+successfully using MS Visual C++ 6.0, Watcom, and Borland C compilers,
with Winsock as networking software. Naturally, it is crippled of some
features available on Unix, but it should work as a substitute for
people stuck with Windows. Note that the Windows port is
@strong{neither tested nor maintained} by me---all questions and
-problems should be reported to Wget mailing list at
-@email{wget@@sunsite.dk} where the maintainers will look at them.
+problems in Windows usage should be reported to Wget mailing list at
+@email{wget@@sunsite.dk} where the volunteers who maintain the
+Windows-related features might look at them.
@node Signals
@section Signals
main issues, and some solutions.
@enumerate
-@item The passwords on the command line are visible using @code{ps}.
-The best way around it is to use @code{wget -i -} and feed the @sc{url}s
-to Wget's standard input, each on a separate line, terminated by
-@kbd{C-d}. Another workaround is to use @file{.netrc} to store
-passwords; however, storing unencrypted passwords is also considered a
-security risk.
+@item
+The passwords on the command line are visible using @code{ps}. The best
+way around it is to use @code{wget -i -} and feed the @sc{url}s to
+Wget's standard input, each on a separate line, terminated by @kbd{C-d}.
+Another workaround is to use @file{.netrc} to store passwords; however,
+storing unencrypted passwords is also considered a security risk.
@item
Using the insecure @dfn{basic} authentication scheme, unencrypted
Roger Beeman,
Dan Berger,
T. Bharath,
+Christian Biere,
Paul Bludov,
Daniel Bodea,
Mark Boyns,
@end ifnottex
Andy Eskilsson,
Christian Fraenkel,
+David Fritz,
Masashi Fujita,
Howard Gayle,
Marcel Gerrits,
Edward J. Sabol,
Heinz Salzmann,
Robert Schmidt,
+Nicolas Schodet,
Andreas Schwab,
Chris Seawood,
Toomas Soome,
@ifnottex
Bojan Zdrnja,
@end ifnottex
-Kristijan Zimmer.
+Kristijan Zimmer,
+YAMAZAKI Makoto,
+Leonid Petrov,
+Hans-Andreas Engel,
+Ulf Harnhammar,
+Jan Minar.
Apologies to all who I accidentally left out, and many thanks to all the
subscribers of the Wget mailing list.
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-Copyright (C) 19@var{yy} @var{name of author}
+Copyright (C) 20@var{yy} @var{name of author}
This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License
when it starts in an interactive mode:
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-Gnomovision version 69, Copyright (C) 19@var{yy} @var{name of author}
+Gnomovision version 69, Copyright (C) 20@var{yy} @var{name of author}
Gnomovision comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY; for details
type `show w'. This is free software, and you are welcome
to redistribute it under certain conditions; type `show c'
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