X-Git-Url: http://sjero.net/git/?p=wget;a=blobdiff_plain;f=doc%2Fwget.texi;h=b2d042acfda4508ded4a8bc52e6d6e21a01a8022;hp=e959effd9d2e8c39db5b6188ede646c9b2ea8d8a;hb=d4b7d4b1a463d43e611b0b1e8e895c2e16161b0c;hpb=56efd9ca25ecb0dfc567aa80f08eb3f8d566db89 diff --git a/doc/wget.texi b/doc/wget.texi index e959effd..b2d042ac 100644 --- a/doc/wget.texi +++ b/doc/wget.texi @@ -2955,24 +2955,22 @@ uses GNU Autoconf for building and configuring, and mostly avoids using ``special'' features of any particular Unix, it should compile (and work) on all common Unix flavors. -Various Wget versions have been compiled and tested under many kinds of -Unix systems, including Solaris, GNU/Linux, SunOS, OSF (aka Digital Unix -or Tru64), Ultrix, *BSD, IRIX, AIX, and others; refer to the file -@file{MACHINES} in the distribution directory for a comprehensive list. -If you compile it on an architecture not listed there, please let me -know so I can update it. - -Wget should also compile on the other Unix systems, not listed in -@file{MACHINES}. If it doesn't, please let me know. - -Thanks to kind contributors, this version of Wget compiles and works on -Microsoft Windows 95 and Windows NT platforms. It has been compiled -successfully using MS Visual C++ 6.0, Watcom, and Borland C compilers, -with Winsock as networking software. Naturally, it is crippled of some -features available on Unix, but it should work as a substitute for -people stuck with Windows. Note that the Windows port is -@strong{neither tested nor maintained} by me---all questions and -problems in Windows usage should be reported to Wget mailing list at +Various Wget versions have been compiled and tested under many kinds +of Unix systems, including GNU/Linux, Solaris, SunOS 4.x, OSF (aka +Digital Unix or Tru64), Ultrix, *BSD, IRIX, AIX, and others. Some of +those systems are no longer in widespread use and may not be able to +support recent versions of Wget. If Wget fails to compile on your +system, we would like to know about it. + +Thanks to kind contributors, this version of Wget compiles and works +on 32-bit Microsoft Windows platforms. It has been compiled +successfully using MS Visual C++ 6.0, Watcom, Borland C, and GCC +compilers. Naturally, it is crippled of some features available on +Unix, but it should work as a substitute for people stuck with +Windows. Note that Windows-specific portions of Wget are not +guaranteed to be supported in the future, although this has been the +case in practice for many years now. All questions and problems in +Windows usage should be reported to Wget mailing list at @email{wget@@sunsite.dk} where the volunteers who maintain the Windows-related features might look at them. @@ -2988,8 +2986,10 @@ Otherwise, @code{SIGHUP} is ignored. This is convenient when you wish to redirect the output of Wget after having started it. @example -$ wget http://www.ifi.uio.no/~larsi/gnus.tar.gz & -$ kill -HUP %% # Redirect the output to wget-log +$ wget http://www.gnus.org/dist/gnus.tar.gz & +... +$ kill -HUP %% +SIGHUP received, redirecting output to `wget-log'. @end example Other than that, Wget will not try to interfere with signals in any way.