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Hi Folks,

On Mon, 22 Oct 2007 14:10:19 +1000, baslinux AT lists.ibiblio.org wrote:
>>> baslinux AT lists.ibiblio.org wrote:
>>>>> Wget is not really needed if you have links and ftp.

>>>>    I cannot agree with that.  :(

>>>>    Wget does more stuff than Links and FTP will ever do.

>>>> Regards,
>>>>          Ron

>>> I couldn't agree with you more, Ron! How on earth do you script
>>> retrieval of multiple files (perhaps at multiple sites) with those? How
>>> do you mirror a whole website? No way! Wget is an indispensable tool.

>>> /Olle

>> I don't think you can get multiple files with the busybox wget (* is not
>> found).

> No, of course not. As far as I know, no version of WGET will
> recognise wildcard requests.

>>  What does busybox wget do which links cannot do?

> For a start, retrieve file(s) over a succession of sessions by
> resuming downloads from the last point reached. For Links, if you try to
> download a file over separate sessions, Links will start again from the
> beginning.

> WGET can also leech a website to any depth you specify, thus
> retrieving the subdirectories and supporting files.

   I was wrong.  :(
The default WGET in busybox doesn't do any leeching.

> I don't know specifically what busybox-wget can do, because I do not
> use it. I use the full WGET from Slackware (for BL2/BL3) and the DOS
> port while in DOS.  But I am sure that "wget --help" at the BL CL will
> tell you what that busybox-wget can do, if that is all you have.

   OK, I just checked it in BL3.5.  It is a very limited WGET, and
doesn't leech a website. If you want to mirror a site on your hard-drive
you will have to do it the hard way - file by file.

   Or you can install the WGET package from Slackware.

Regards,
        Ron


Ron Clarke
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