wget usage question

[Taavi Burns]

On Fri, Apr 16, 2004 at 01:47:32AM -0400, William Park wrote:
> On Fri, Apr 16, 2004 at 12:14:41AM -0400, 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...
> > 
> > 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.

To keep the wandering down, add the -np flag ("no parent").  That will keep
it from creeping up to the rest of the site.

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