wget usage question

Chris F.A. Johnson c.f.a.johnson-bJEeYj9oJeDQT0dZR+AlfA at public.gmane.org
Fri Apr 16 04:48:35 UTC 2004


On Fri, 16 Apr 2004, Walter Dnes wrote:

>   I've pulled down the files in cfaj.freeshell.org/tlug  ...the hard
> way.  So this question is academic today, but I'd like to know the
> correct answer in future.  I initially tried ftp, but couldn't access
> the tlug directory.  Then I tried wget, specifically...

   I guess ftp is no longer working. Pity...

> wget -r --ignore-length cfaj.freeshell.org/tlug
>
>   But wget missed abunch of files, especially in funcs, and I noticed
> that it was starting to wander into unrelated directories, so I killed
> it.  How should I have done it ?  Thanks in advance.

wget cfaj.freeshell.org/tlug/tlug.tgz

   Unfortunately, I hadn't created the archive ... just did. :(

   I had intended to do that on Tuesday, but ran out of time.

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