X-Git-Url: http://sjero.net/git/?p=wget;a=blobdiff_plain;f=doc%2Fwget.texi;h=3022a9f63311780834c81c5d014d2915e1b7e0ed;hp=470bea75e091f9063e5a77dbe1e738261805162b;hb=3d7fceb1ef6dd8f6b77a7330db7c304d8f5f590b;hpb=c1871f41c6e681d5f1e7037a4aaaafdf3961287d diff --git a/doc/wget.texi b/doc/wget.texi index 470bea75..3022a9f6 100644 --- a/doc/wget.texi +++ b/doc/wget.texi @@ -1131,6 +1131,19 @@ For more information about security issues with Wget, @xref{Security Considerations}. @end iftex +@cindex Keep-Alive, turning off +@cindex Persistent Connections, disabling +@item --no-http-keep-alive +Turn off the ``keep-alive'' feature for HTTP downloads. Normally, Wget +asks the server to keep the connection open so that, when you download +more than one document from the same server, they get transferred over +the same TCP connection. This saves time and at the same time reduces +the load on the server. + +This option is useful when, for some reason, persistent (keep-alive) +connections don't work for you, for example due to a server bug or due +to the inability of server-side scripts to cope with the connections. + @cindex proxy @cindex cache @item --no-cache @@ -1633,19 +1646,6 @@ Note that when retrieving a file (not a directory) because it was specified on the command-line, rather than because it was recursed to, this option has no effect. Symbolic links are always traversed in this case. - -@cindex Keep-Alive, turning off -@cindex Persistent Connections, disabling -@item --no-http-keep-alive -Turn off the ``keep-alive'' feature for HTTP downloads. Normally, Wget -asks the server to keep the connection open so that, when you download -more than one document from the same server, they get transferred over -the same TCP connection. This saves time and at the same time reduces -the load on the server. - -This option is useful when, for some reason, persistent (keep-alive) -connections don't work for you, for example due to a server bug or due -to the inability of server-side scripts to cope with the connections. @end table @node Recursive Retrieval Options