From b12160ea024580b3c9dea30aeb9e0c404ef2ac3f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Giuseppe Scrivano Date: Tue, 26 Oct 2010 02:00:53 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] Make --waitretry documentation clearer. --- doc/ChangeLog | 6 ++++++ doc/wget.texi | 4 +--- 2 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/doc/ChangeLog b/doc/ChangeLog index c1bae6c1..e7646f4c 100644 --- a/doc/ChangeLog +++ b/doc/ChangeLog @@ -1,3 +1,9 @@ +2010-10-26 Giuseppe Scrivano + + * wget.texi (Download Options): Remove unclear statement about the + --waitretry option. + Reported by: Manfred Koizar . + 2010-09-25 Merinov Nikolay * wget.texi (Download Options): Document --unlink option. diff --git a/doc/wget.texi b/doc/wget.texi index 950c1eaa..1378b414 100644 --- a/doc/wget.texi +++ b/doc/wget.texi @@ -841,9 +841,7 @@ 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. -- 2.39.2