X-Git-Url: http://sjero.net/git/?p=wget;a=blobdiff_plain;f=doc%2Fwget.texi;h=252548f8094d54276bf62c6e407165a6ac0e0760;hp=a2804fb4d6568de710d3eb4bdb61bdbd75736361;hb=4f3dd6817348433eafde04a3c2946f43364de7ef;hpb=5d0073b8f290dee2e9bad3e83230f6b57dd06beb diff --git a/doc/wget.texi b/doc/wget.texi index a2804fb4..252548f8 100644 --- a/doc/wget.texi +++ b/doc/wget.texi @@ -396,8 +396,8 @@ the option name; negative options can be negated by omitting the @samp{--no-} prefix. This might seem superfluous---if the default for an affirmative option is to not do something, then why provide a way to explicitly turn it off? But the startup file may in fact change -the default. For instance, using @code{follow_ftp = off} in -@file{.wgetrc} makes Wget @emph{not} follow FTP links by default, and +the default. For instance, using @code{follow_ftp = on} in +@file{.wgetrc} makes Wget @emph{follow} FTP links by default, and using @samp{--no-follow-ftp} is the only way to restore the factory default from the command line. @@ -582,23 +582,24 @@ behavior depends on a few options, including @samp{-nc}. In certain cases, the local file will be @dfn{clobbered}, or overwritten, upon repeated download. In other cases it will be preserved. -When running Wget without @samp{-N}, @samp{-nc}, @samp{-r}, or @samp{p}, -downloading the same file in the same directory will result in the -original copy of @var{file} being preserved and the second copy being -named @samp{@var{file}.1}. If that file is downloaded yet again, the -third copy will be named @samp{@var{file}.2}, and so on. When -@samp{-nc} is specified, this behavior is suppressed, and Wget will -refuse to download newer copies of @samp{@var{file}}. Therefore, -``@code{no-clobber}'' is actually a misnomer in this mode---it's not -clobbering that's prevented (as the numeric suffixes were already -preventing clobbering), but rather the multiple version saving that's -prevented. - -When running Wget with @samp{-r} or @samp{-p}, but without @samp{-N} -or @samp{-nc}, re-downloading a file will result in the new copy -simply overwriting the old. Adding @samp{-nc} will prevent this -behavior, instead causing the original version to be preserved and any -newer copies on the server to be ignored. +When running Wget without @samp{-N}, @samp{-nc}, @samp{-r}, or +@samp{-p}, downloading the same file in the same directory will result +in the original copy of @var{file} being preserved and the second copy +being named @samp{@var{file}.1}. If that file is downloaded yet +again, the third copy will be named @samp{@var{file}.2}, and so on. +(This is also the behavior with @samp{-nd}, even if @samp{-r} or +@samp{-p} are in effect.) When @samp{-nc} is specified, this behavior +is suppressed, and Wget will refuse to download newer copies of +@samp{@var{file}}. Therefore, ``@code{no-clobber}'' is actually a +misnomer in this mode---it's not clobbering that's prevented (as the +numeric suffixes were already preventing clobbering), but rather the +multiple version saving that's prevented. + +When running Wget with @samp{-r} or @samp{-p}, but without @samp{-N}, +@samp{-nd}, or @samp{-nc}, re-downloading a file will result in the +new copy simply overwriting the old. Adding @samp{-nc} will prevent +this behavior, instead causing the original version to be preserved +and any newer copies on the server to be ignored. When running Wget with @samp{-N}, with or without @samp{-r} or @samp{-p}, the decision as to whether or not to download a newer copy @@ -3973,6 +3974,7 @@ Fila Kolodny, Alexander Kourakos, Martin Kraemer, Sami Krank, +Jay Krell, @tex $\Sigma\acute{\iota}\mu o\varsigma\; \Xi\varepsilon\nu\iota\tau\acute{\epsilon}\lambda\lambda\eta\varsigma$ @@ -4003,6 +4005,7 @@ Aurelien Marchand, Matthew J.@: Mellon, Jordan Mendelson, Ted Mielczarek, +Robert Millan, Lin Zhe Min, Jan Minar, Tim Mooney, @@ -4078,6 +4081,7 @@ Charles G Waldman, Douglas E.@: Wegscheid, Ralf Wildenhues, Joshua David Williams, +Benjamin Wolsey, YAMAZAKI Makoto, Jasmin Zainul, @iftex @@ -4086,7 +4090,8 @@ Bojan @v{Z}drnja, @ifnottex Bojan Zdrnja, @end ifnottex -Kristijan Zimmer. +Kristijan Zimmer, +Xin Zou. Apologies to all who I accidentally left out, and many thanks to all the subscribers of the Wget mailing list.