Re: [Bug-wget] Recursive download: Page requirements when spanning hosts?

[Micah Cowan]

address@hidden wrote:
> I want to download a few sites, and have some
> questions about the best way to do it...
> 
> I'll be doing a recursive-download to infinity,
> but limited to the current directory downwards
> (-np No Parent).  I'll also download the page
> requirements (-p).
> 
> wget -r -l inf -np -p http://domain.name/index.html
> (I'll also be adding to limit-rate and a bit of
> pause between each download.)
> 
> My problem is that I want to have all page requirements,
> also if they span hosts, or are located above/parallell
> to the site (directory) I'll be working in (it's on
> GeoCities, so there are many "parallell" sites).  As long
> as it's "part of" a page in the directory I'm working in it
> should be downloaded, but not else.  An additional problem,
> is that there may be lists of links that actually points to
> those directories/hosts; but nothing should be downloaded
> unless it's part of a page.
> 
> Would this be possible (at least partially, I understand
> if it's a problem getting around the no-parent)?

This is not currently possible, I'm afraid.

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Micah J. Cowan
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