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Steen2 · 12-17-2004, 12:22 AM

Hi there,

I remember a while ago my server admin was explaining wget to me and I found it an extremely useful tool, however I have since forgot how to sue it properly. Could someone donate maybe 3 mminutes of their time to me who knows how to use this program? I would be most grateful

Thx,
Steen.

Magg · 12-17-2004, 12:23 AM

theres only one use for it really.

go to the dir you want to download something into, and then type:

wget URL

its basically saying, DOWNLOAD THIS.

Twe Russ · 12-17-2004, 12:25 AM

Bring your post back to the Q and A section of the forum.

smashface · 12-17-2004, 12:27 AM

What Magg said works. If you want to know more, try:

man wget

dodger21 · 12-17-2004, 01:13 AM

It's a great program.

wget http://filename
wget ftp://filename

you get the idea.

blazin · 12-17-2004, 01:33 AM

You can actually use it to spider a site and download all the content

Steen2 · 12-17-2004, 08:10 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by blazin
You can actually use it to spider a site and download all the content

Yes!

My old server admin told me how to do this and it was very useful!

I would log in with this program I have (putty) and type in about 10 words in a command prompt and after say one minute I would have all the content from a site from however many links deep I specified.

Anyone fluent with how to use this awesome program?

toddler · 12-17-2004, 08:41 PM

wget -r -np url

grabs everything, saves it.

Steen2 · 12-17-2004, 08:48 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by toddler
wget -r -np url

grabs everything, saves it.

Thanks!

What do you mean by "everything"?

I don't want it to follow links to external sites (yahoo.com) and download the entire internet, lol

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12-17-2004, 12:23 AM	#2
Magg Confirmed User Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: ICQ: 132497047 Posts: 4,467	theres only one use for it really. go to the dir you want to download something into, and then type: wget URL its basically saying, DOWNLOAD THIS.

12-17-2004, 12:27 AM	#4
smashface Confirmed User Industry Role: Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: San Francisco, California Posts: 991	What Magg said works. If you want to know more, try: man wget