Re: wget lot of files

From: jludwig (wralphie_at_comcast.net)
Date: 04/07/04

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Date: Tue, 06 Apr 2004 20:31:50 -0400

    On Tue, 2004-04-06 at 18:03, Jeff Vian wrote:
    > Alexander Dalloz wrote:
    >
    > >Am Di, den 06.04.2004 schrieb Jeff Vian um 22:51:
    > >
    > >
    > >
    > >>>To your 'problem': wget ftp://server_address/path/dir/*.rpm
    > >>>
    > >>>See "man wget" and "wget --help".
    > >>>
    > >>>
    > >>>
    > >>And to get the entire directory tree from a single point use
    > >> # wget -r ftp://server_address/path/dir
    > >>
    > >>
    > >
    > >Jeff, that is certainly right. I only was careful not to mention the
    > >"-r" switch :) It is advised to use the "-l" switch in combination with
    > >"-r".
    > >
    > >My answer was especial for an FTP server source and will not fit for
    > >HTTP servers.
    > >
    > >
    > >
    > I agree, but for ftp you only have the depth of the filesystem structure
    > to consider. This is useful, for example, when mirroring a site. I use
    > it this way regularly and with a careful look at the amount to be
    > downloaded it works well.
    >
    > With http you most certainly would want the "-l" option to prevent an
    > enourmous tree spanning (potentially) the entire internet since
    > recursion on a web page would follow ALL links.
    >
    >
    > Jeff
    I would also be careful of just using *.rpm since you could potentially
    get a huge amount of files for all architectures, distros, src, arch,
    etc. 

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