@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
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
actions of one.
@cindex proxy
-@itemx --no-proxy
+@item --no-proxy
Don't use proxies, even if the appropriate @code{*_proxy} environment
variable is defined.
whose encoding does not match the one used locally.
@cindex IPv6
-@itemx -4
+@item -4
@itemx --inet4-only
@itemx -6
@itemx --inet6-only
@code{application/x-www-form-urlencoded}. Only one of
@samp{--post-data} and @samp{--post-file} should be specified.
+Please note that wget does not require the content to be of the form
+@code{key1=value1&key2=value2}, and neither does it test for it. Wget will
+simply transmit whatever data is provided to it. Most servers however expect
+the POST data to be in the above format when processing HTML Forms.
+
Please be aware that Wget needs to know the size of the POST data in
advance. Therefore the argument to @code{--post-file} must be a regular
file; specifying a FIFO or something like @file{/dev/stdin} won't work.
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:
be empty. In that case use @samp{--keep-session-cookies} along with
@samp{--save-cookies} to force saving of session cookies.
+@cindex Other HTTP Methods
+@item --method=@var{HTTP-Method}
+For the purpose of RESTful scripting, Wget allows sending of other HTTP Methods
+without the need to explicitly set them using @samp{--header=Header-Line}.
+Wget will use whatever string is passed to it after @samp{--method} as the HTTP
+Method to the server.
+
+@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{--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.
+Wget does not currently support @code{multipart/form-data} for transmitting data;
+only @code{application/x-www-form-urlencoded}. In the future, this may be changed
+so that wget sends the @samp{--body-file} as a complete file instead of sending its
+contents to the server. Please be aware that Wget needs to know the contents of
+BODY Data in advance, and hence the argument to @samp{--body-file} should be a
+regular file. See @samp{--post-file} for a more detailed explanation.
+Only one of @samp{--body-data} and @samp{--body-file} should be specified.
+
+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
choose the correct protocol version. Fortunately, such servers are
quite rare.
+@item --https-only
+When in recursive mode, only HTTPS links are followed.
+
@cindex SSL certificate, check
@item --no-check-certificate
Don't check the server certificate against the available 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
@samp{]}, appear in an element of @var{acclist} or @var{rejlist},
it will be treated as a pattern, rather than a suffix.
+@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}
Set domains to be followed. @var{domain-list} is a comma-separated list
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,
Change setting of passive @sc{ftp}, equivalent to the
@samp{--passive-ftp} option.
-@itemx password = @var{string}
+@item password = @var{string}
Specify password @var{string} for both @sc{ftp} and @sc{http} file retrieval.
This command can be overridden using the @samp{ftp_password} and
@samp{http_password} command for @sc{ftp} and @sc{http} respectively.
may be specified from within Wget itself.
@table @samp
-@itemx --no-proxy
+@item --no-proxy
@itemx proxy = on/off
This option and the corresponding command may be used to suppress the
use of proxy, even if the appropriate environment variables are set.
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