Re: [Bug-wget] How to ignore link like "index.html?lang=ja"?

[Guillaume Turri]

Micah Cowan a écrit :
> > wget --reject="?lang=ja"
> > They will be downloaded, then deleted.
> >     
>
> Downloaded, recursed, then deleted, which doesn't usually help much.
>
> Note that if -E is specified, then it may not even delete them (because
> the file's name may have changed in such a way that it no longer matches).
>   

Indeed, according to your explanation, the --reject and --accept options 
wouldn't be a solution here. And it seems it would be more useful if 
those filters could be applied before a page is downloaded, rather than 
after.

In fact, why is this option treated after a download? Are there cases 
where it is the wanted treatment, or is it a kind of bug? If it's rather 
a bug, would a patch be welcome?

Regards,
Guillaume