Implement --config.

[wget] / doc / wget.texi

diff --git a/doc/wget.texi b/doc/wget.texi
index 950c1eaac8a0266b9f379cc8fe5aa7ba61326520..fbb3d8945cea205667424de32d0971385f0f2489 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/wget.texi
+++ b/doc/wget.texi
@@ -190,7 +190,9 @@ gauge can be customized to your preferences.
 Most of the features are fully configurable, either through command line
 options, or via the initialization file @file{.wgetrc} (@pxref{Startup
 File}).  Wget allows you to define @dfn{global} startup files
-(@file{/usr/local/etc/wgetrc} by default) for site settings.
+(@file{/usr/local/etc/wgetrc} by default) for site settings. You can also
+specify the location of a startup file with the --config option.
+ 
 
 @ignore
 @c man begin FILES
@@ -524,6 +526,10 @@ presence of a @code{BASE} tag in the @sc{html} input file, with
 For instance, if you specify @samp{http://foo/bar/a.html} for
 @var{URL}, and Wget reads @samp{../baz/b.html} from the input file, it
 would be resolved to @samp{http://foo/baz/b.html}.
+
+@cindex specify config 
+@item --config=@var{FILE}
+Specify the location of a startup file you wish to use.
 @end table
 
 @node Download Options, Directory Options, Logging and Input File Options, Invoking
@@ -841,9 +847,7 @@ If you don't want Wget to wait between @emph{every} retrieval, but only
 between retries of failed downloads, you can use this option.  Wget will
 use @dfn{linear backoff}, waiting 1 second after the first failure on a
 given file, then waiting 2 seconds after the second failure on that
-file, up to the maximum number of @var{seconds} you specify.  Therefore,
-a value of 10 will actually make Wget wait up to (1 + 2 + ... + 10) = 55
-seconds per file. 
+file, up to the maximum number of @var{seconds} you specify.
 
 By default, Wget will assume a value of 10 seconds.