@afourpaper
@end iftex
+@c Title for man page. The weird way texi2pod.pl is written requires
+@c the preceding @set.
+@set Wget Wget
+@c man title Wget The non-interactive network downloader.
+
@c This should really be generated automatically, possibly by including
@c an auto-generated file.
@set VERSION 1.9-cvs
data.
@c man begin COPYRIGHT
-Copyright @copyright{} 1996, 1997, 1998, 2000, 2001 Free Software
-Foundation, Inc.
+Copyright @copyright{} 1996, 1997, 1998, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003 Free
+Software Foundation, Inc.
Permission is granted to make and distribute verbatim copies of
this manual provided the copyright notice and this permission notice
be expressed in bytes, kilobytes with the @samp{k} suffix, or megabytes
with the @samp{m} suffix. For example, @samp{--limit-rate=20k} will
limit the retrieval rate to 20KB/s. This kind of thing is useful when,
-for whatever reason, you don't want Wget to consume the entire evailable
+for whatever reason, you don't want Wget to consume the entire available
bandwidth.
-Note that Wget implementeds the limiting by sleeping the appropriate
+Note that Wget implements the limiting by sleeping the appropriate
amount of time after a network read that took less time than specified
by the rate. Eventually this strategy causes the TCP transfer to slow
down to approximately the specified rate. However, it takes some time
for this balance to be achieved, so don't be surprised if limiting the
-rate doesn't work with very small files. Also, the "sleeping" strategy
-will misfire when an extremely small bandwidth, say less than 1.5KB/s,
-is specified.
+rate doesn't work well with very small files.
@cindex pause
@cindex wait
@item -Y on/off
@itemx --proxy=on/off
Turn proxy support on or off. The proxy is on by default if the
-appropriate environmental variable is defined.
+appropriate environment variable is defined.
+
+For more information about the use of proxies with Wget, @xref{Proxies}.
@cindex quota
@item -Q @var{quota}
@cindex file names, restrict
@cindex Windows file names
-@itemx --restrict-file-names=none|unix|windows
-Restrict characters that may occur in local file names created by Wget
-from remote URLs. Characters that are considered @dfn{unsafe} under a
-set of restrictions are escaped, i.e. replaced with @samp{%XX}, where
-@samp{XX} is the hexadecimal code of the character.
-
-The default for this option depends on the operating system: on Unix and
-Unix-like OS'es, it defaults to ``unix''. Under Windows and Cygwin, it
-defaults to ``windows''. Changing the default is useful when you are
-using a non-native partition, e.g. when downloading files to a Windows
-partition mounted from Linux, or when using NFS-mounted or SMB-mounted
-Windows drives.
-
-When set to ``none'', the only characters that are quoted are those that
-are impossible to get into a file name---the NUL character and @samp{/}.
-The control characters, newline, etc. are all placed into file names.
-
-When set to ``unix'', additional unsafe characters are those in the
-0--31 range and in the 128--159 range. This is because those characters
-are typically not printable.
-
-When set to ``windows'', all of the above are quoted, along with
-@samp{\}, @samp{|}, @samp{:}, @samp{?}, @samp{"}, @samp{*}, @samp{<},
-and @samp{>}. Additionally, Wget in Windows mode uses @samp{+} instead
-of @samp{:} to separate host and port in local file names, and uses
+@itemx --restrict-file-names=@var{mode}
+Change which characters found in remote URLs may show up in local file
+names generated from those URLs. Characters that are @dfn{restricted}
+by this option are escaped, i.e. replaced with @samp{%HH}, where
+@samp{HH} is the hexadecimal number that corresponds to the restricted
+character.
+
+By default, Wget escapes the characters that are not valid as part of
+file names on your operating system, as well as control characters that
+are typically unprintable. This option is useful for changing these
+defaults, either because you are downloading to a non-native partition,
+or because you want to disable escaping of the control characters.
+
+When mode is set to ``unix'', Wget escapes the character @samp{/} and
+the control characters in the ranges 0--31 and 128--159. This is the
+default on Unix-like OS'es.
+
+When mode is seto to ``windows'', Wget escapes the characters @samp{\},
+@samp{|}, @samp{/}, @samp{:}, @samp{?}, @samp{"}, @samp{*}, @samp{<},
+@samp{>}, and the control characters in the ranges 0--31 and 128--159.
+In addition to this, Wget in Windows mode uses @samp{+} instead of
+@samp{:} to separate host and port in local file names, and uses
@samp{@@} instead of @samp{?} to separate the query portion of the file
name from the rest. Therefore, a URL that would be saved as
@samp{www.xemacs.org:4300/search.pl?input=blah} in Unix mode would be
saved as @samp{www.xemacs.org+4300/search.pl@@input=blah} in Windows
-mode.
+mode. This mode is the default on Windows.
+
+If you append @samp{,nocontrol} to the mode, as in
+@samp{unix,nocontrol}, escaping of the control characters is also
+switched off. You can use @samp{--restrict-file-names=nocontrol} to
+turn off escaping of control characters without affecting the choice of
+the OS to use as file name restriction mode.
@end table
@node Directory Options, HTTP Options, Download Options, Invoking
If set to on, remove @sc{ftp} listings downloaded by Wget. Setting it
to off is the same as @samp{-nr}.
-@item restrict_file_names = off/unix/windows
+@item restrict_file_names = unix/windows
Restrict the file names generated by Wget from URLs. See
@samp{--restrict-file-names} for a more detailed description.
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