Re: [Bug-wget] wget without http

[David H. Lipman]

From: "Giuseppe Scrivano" <address@hidden>

> "David H. Lipman" <address@hidden> writes:
>
>> If you are using Mapped Drives, there is NO NEED to use WGET as there are 
>> plenty of OS
>> utilities from XXCOPY to RoboCopy.
>
> though these tools have two problems, first of all they are not free.
> Second, as already reported, they don't follow HTML links.
>
> It could be a good idea to handle "file://" as well.
>
> Giuseppe
>

RoboCopy is free and was even included in the NT Resource Kit.

You snipped out the text so I'll bring it back.

"I'm looking for a solution to create a mirror from a networked drive 
containing some 
course ware."

To me the the above plus the example showing "G:" is enough to indicate that 
all that is 
needed is a full copy of the "G:" subdirectory tree containing said courseware. 
 Since it 
is a Mapped Drive "G:"  we are working at the application layer not the 
protocol layer and 
thus have a wealth of utilities available to accomplish this task.  Erwin did 
not specify 
that the tools to be used had to be free and thus that status is a moot point.



-- 
Dave
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