[svn] Explain default --tries

diff --git a/doc/ChangeLog b/doc/ChangeLog
index 1fdc6ce71460bf5b4ee6854f45ddb8ee723124f9..013923b78312bd35346421032864d1fc3bf8044f 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/ChangeLog
+++ b/doc/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2003-09-17  Hrvoje Niksic  <hniksic@xemacs.org>
+
+       * wget.texi (Download Options): Explain how --tries works by
+       default.
+
 2003-09-17  Hrvoje Niksic  <hniksic@xemacs.org>
 
        * wget.texi (Download Options): Explain new --restrict-file-names

diff --git a/doc/wget.texi b/doc/wget.texi
index f0c66e691ea43ad41b73915b4af686774490ef00..15dcd51c068221551b7c946d116bbb4d3f9a5fa8 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/wget.texi
+++ b/doc/wget.texi
@@ -512,7 +512,8 @@ IPs.
 @item -t @var{number}
 @itemx --tries=@var{number}
 Set number of retries to @var{number}.  Specify 0 or @samp{inf} for
-infinite retrying.
+infinite retrying.  The default is to retry 20 times but fatal errors
+like ``connection refused'' or ``not found'' (404) are not retried.
 
 @item -O @var{file}
 @itemx --output-document=@var{file}