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-@set UPDATED Apr 2005
+@set UPDATED Jun 2006
@settitle GNU Wget @value{VERSION} Manual
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@c man begin COPYRIGHT
-Copyright @copyright{} 1996--2005 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+Copyright @copyright{} 1996--2006 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
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+any later version published by the Free Software Foundation; with no
+Invariant Sections, 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''.
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-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
+any later version published by the Free Software Foundation; with no
+Invariant Sections, 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 titlepage
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.
specified using the @samp{--wait} option, in order to mask Wget's
presence from such analysis.
-A recent article in a publication devoted to development on a popular
+A 2001 article in a publication devoted to development on a popular
consumer platform provided code to perform this analysis on the fly.
Its author suggested blocking at the class C address level to ensure
automated retrieval programs were blocked despite changing DHCP-supplied
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}.
Use @var{file} as a source of randomness on systems lacking
@file{/dev/random}.
+@item random_wait = on/off
+Turn random between-request wait times on or off. The same as
+@samp{--random-wait}.
+
@item read_timeout = @var{n}
Set the read (and write) timeout---the same as
@samp{--read-timeout=@var{n}}.
Wait up to @var{n} seconds between retries of failed retrievals
only---the same as @samp{--waitretry=@var{n}}. Note that this is
turned on by default in the global @file{wgetrc}.
-
-@item randomwait = on/off
-Turn random between-request wait times on or off. The same as
-@samp{--random-wait}.
@end table
@node Sample Wgetrc
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Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document
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-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
+any later version published by the Free Software Foundation; with no
+Invariant Sections, 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
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