@c %**start of header
@setfilename wget.info
@include version.texi
-@set UPDATED Apr 2005
+@set UPDATED Jul 2006
@settitle GNU Wget @value{VERSION} Manual
@c Disable the monstrous rectangles beside overfull hbox-es.
@finalout
data.
@c man begin COPYRIGHT
-Copyright @copyright{} 1996--2005 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+Copyright @copyright{} 1996--2006 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
Permission is granted to make and distribute verbatim copies of
this manual provided the copyright notice and this permission notice
@end ignore
Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document
under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.2 or
-any later version published by the Free Software Foundation; with the
-Invariant Sections being ``GNU General Public License'' and ``GNU Free
-Documentation License'', with no Front-Cover Texts, and with no
-Back-Cover Texts. A copy of the license is included in the section
-entitled ``GNU Free Documentation License''.
+any later version published by the Free Software Foundation; with no
+Invariant Sections, no Front-Cover Texts, and no Back-Cover Texts. A
+copy of the license is included in the section entitled ``GNU Free
+Documentation License''.
@c man end
@end ifnottex
@ignore
@c man begin AUTHOR
Originally written by Hrvoje Niksic <hniksic@xemacs.org>.
+Currently maintained by Micah Cowan <micah@cowan.name>.
@c man end
@c man begin SEEALSO
GNU Info entry for @file{wget}.
@page
@vskip 0pt plus 1filll
-Copyright @copyright{} 1996--2005, Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+Copyright @copyright{} 1996--2006, 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
-any later version published by the Free Software Foundation; with the
-Invariant Sections being ``GNU General Public License'' and ``GNU Free
-Documentation License'', with no Front-Cover Texts, and with no
-Back-Cover Texts. A copy of the license is included in the section
-entitled ``GNU Free Documentation License''.
+any later version published by the Free Software Foundation; with no
+Invariant Sections, no Front-Cover Texts, and no Back-Cover Texts. A
+copy of the license is included in the section entitled ``GNU Free
+Documentation License''.
@end titlepage
@ifnottex
This manual documents version @value{VERSION} of GNU Wget, the freely
available utility for network downloads.
-Copyright @copyright{} 1996--2005 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+Copyright @copyright{} 1996--2006 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
@menu
* Overview:: Features of Wget.
* Examples:: Examples of usage.
* Various:: The stuff that doesn't fit anywhere else.
* Appendices:: Some useful references.
-* Copying:: You may give out copies of Wget and of this manual.
+* Copying this manual:: You may give out copies of Wget and of this manual.
* Concept Index:: Topics covered by this manual.
@end menu
@end ifnottex
@item
Finally, GNU Wget is free software. This means that everyone may use
it, redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General
-Public License, as published by the Free Software Foundation
-(@pxref{Copying}).
+Public License, as published by the Free Software Foundation (see the
+file @file{COPYING} that came with GNU Wget, for details).
@end itemize
@node Invoking
Don't use proxies, even if the appropriate @code{*_proxy} environment
variable is defined.
+@c man end
For more information about the use of proxies with Wget, @xref{Proxies}.
+@c man begin OPTIONS
@cindex quota
@item -Q @var{quota}
Neither options should be needed normally. By default, an IPv6-aware
Wget will use the address family specified by the host's DNS record.
-If the DNS responds with both IPv4 and IPv6 addresses, Wget will them
-in sequence until it finds one it can connect to. (Also see
+If the DNS responds with both IPv4 and IPv6 addresses, Wget will try
+them in sequence until it finds one it can connect to. (Also see
@code{--prefer-family} option described below.)
These options can be used to deliberately force the use of IPv4 or
Now the best bet for downloading a single page and its requisites is the
dedicated @samp{--page-requisites} option.
+@cindex case fold
+@cindex ignore case
+@item --ignore-case
+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
+@samp{file2.TXT}, @samp{file3.TxT}, and so on.
+
@item -H
@itemx --span-hosts
Enable spanning across hosts when doing recursive retrieving
Use @var{string} as @sc{https} proxy, instead of the one specified in
environment.
+@item ignore_case = on/off
+When set to on, match files and directories case insensitively; the
+same as @samp{--ignore-case}.
+
@item ignore_length = on/off
When set to on, ignore @code{Content-Length} header; the same as
@samp{--ignore-length}.
@cindex contributors
@iftex
-GNU Wget was written by Hrvoje Nik@v{s}i@'{c} @email{hniksic@@xemacs.org}.
+GNU Wget was written by Hrvoje Nik@v{s}i@'{c} @email{hniksic@@xemacs.org},
@end iftex
@ifnottex
-GNU Wget was written by Hrvoje Niksic @email{hniksic@@xemacs.org}.
+GNU Wget was written by Hrvoje Niksic @email{hniksic@@xemacs.org},
@end ifnottex
-However, its development could never have gone as far as it has, were it
-not for the help of many people, either with bug reports, feature
-proposals, patches, or letters saying ``Thanks!''.
+and it is currently maintained by Micah Cowan @email{micah@@cowan.name}.
+
+However, the development of Wget could never have gone as far as it has, were
+it not for the help of many people, either with bug reports, feature proposals,
+patches, or letters saying ``Thanks!''.
Special thanks goes to the following people (no particular order):
@itemize @bullet
-@item Mauro Tortonesi---contributed high-quality IPv6 code and many
-other fixes.
-
@item Dan Harkless---contributed a lot of code and documentation of
extremely high quality, as well as the @code{--page-requisites} and
related options. He was the principal maintainer for some time and
Apologies to all who I accidentally left out, and many thanks to all the
subscribers of the Wget mailing list.
-@node Copying
-@chapter Copying
-@cindex copying
-@cindex GPL
-@cindex GFDL
-@cindex free software
-
-GNU Wget is licensed under the GNU General Public License (GNU GPL),
-which makes it @dfn{free software}. Please note that ``free'' in ``free
-software'' refers to liberty, not price. As some people like to point
-out, it's the ``free'' of ``free speech'', not the ``free'' of ``free
-beer''.
-
-The exact and legally binding distribution terms are spelled out below.
-The GPL guarantees that you have the right (freedom) to run and change
-GNU Wget and distribute it to others, and even---if you want---charge
-money for doing any of those things. With these rights comes the
-obligation to distribute the source code along with the software and to
-grant your recipients the same rights and impose the same restrictions.
-
-This licensing model is also known as @dfn{open source} because it,
-among other things, makes sure that all recipients will receive the
-source code along with the program, and be able to improve it. The GNU
-project prefers the term ``free software'' for reasons outlined at
-@url{http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-software-for-freedom.html}.
-
-The exact license terms are defined by this paragraph and the GNU
-General Public License it refers to:
-
-@quotation
-GNU Wget is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
-under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the
-Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your
-option) any later version.
-
-GNU Wget is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
-ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
-FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License
-for more details.
-
-A copy of the GNU General Public License is included as part of this
-manual; if you did not receive it, write to the Free Software
-Foundation, Inc., 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
-@end quotation
-
-In addition to this, this manual is free in the same sense:
-
-@quotation
-Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document
-under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.2 or
-any later version published by the Free Software Foundation; with the
-Invariant Sections being ``GNU General Public License'' and ``GNU Free
-Documentation License'', with no Front-Cover Texts, and with no
-Back-Cover Texts. A copy of the license is included in the section
-entitled ``GNU Free Documentation License''.
-@end quotation
-
-@c #### Maybe we should wrap these licenses in ifinfo? Stallman says
-@c that the GFDL needs to be present in the manual, and to me it would
-@c suck to include the license for the manual and not the license for
-@c the program.
-
-The full texts of the GNU General Public License and of the GNU Free
-Documentation License are available below.
-
+@node Copying this manual
+@appendix Copying this manual
+
@menu
-* GNU General Public License::
-* GNU Free Documentation License::
+* GNU Free Documentation License:: Licnse for copying this manual.
@end menu
-@include gpl.texi
-
@include fdl.texi
+
@node Concept Index
@unnumbered Concept Index
@printindex cp
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