Re: [Bug-wget] Can WGET download source code?

[Micah Cowan]

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Steven D'Amico wrote:
>  I'm a bit of an amateur when it comes to using like this, so pardon if
> my question is dumb/silly. (Or if I missed something in the manual).
> 
> I'm trying to figure out if there is a way for wget to download the
> source code I'd get for a site by viewing that source from a browser.

If you mean the HTML source (which is what you would see with "view
source" in your browser), then you should understand that there is no
such thing as a web page that is _not_ source. If Wget successfully
downloaded a web page, it got the source.

If you mean something like the PHP or ASP or Perl, etc, source code,
then in general, no, Wget can't get that, nor can your browser see it
when you choose "view source". The server has to choose to make that
content available.

> The information I'm bulk downloading isn't in the actual page, but is
> accessed from elsewhere. A recursive download does not solve the problem
> because of various restrictions set up on the site.

I'm not understanding you here.

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Micah J. Cowan
Programmer, musician, typesetting enthusiast, gamer.
Maintainer of GNU Wget and GNU Teseq
http://micah.cowan.name/
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