Re: [Bug-wget] Windows 7 makes wget less intuitive

[Henrik Holst]

Ah, having tread the whole thread... I now see that this is when running
wget from a desktop shortcut?
Den 30 nov 2011 19:40 skrev "Henrik Holst" <address@hidden>:

> I might not understand the problem then (not a win user), but on my system
> I very much want wget to download the files to the current directory (of my
> user). And that is also how it works under Linux.
>
> Or does current directory mean "where the exe is" under win? If so then I
> of course meant the directory the user stands in the console, but we are
> perhaps not talking about a console usage even?
> Den 30 nov 2011 19:35 skrev "Micah Cowan" <address@hidden>:
>
>> A cwd to where? Normally one wants to download into the current
>> directory (particularly if you have placed wget's location in the PATH).
>> If you want it somewhere else, just use the -P option.
>>
>> -mjc
>>
>> (2011年11月30日 10:31), Henrik Holst wrote:
>> > Could this be solved by having wget do a change to cwd, when running on
>> > windows. Or something like that?
>> >
>> > /henrik holst
>> > Den 30 nov 2011 18:31 skrev "David H. Lipman" <address@hidden>:
>> >
>> >> From: "Paul Wratt" <address@hidden>
>> >>
>> >>> this may have something to do with "working directory" which when an
>> >>> exe is run from a shortcut, uses the exe folder as the default path.
>> >>> Some testing on win7 is needed to clarify this issue, as that "Program
>> >>> Files" path is used for 32bit apps on 64bit installation..
>> >>>
>> >> If the command is NOT in the PATH then you have to be in the directory
>> >> where the command
>> >> exists and when you run the command it will drop the downloaded files
>> >> there.  When the
>> >> command and dependencies are in the PATH then all I have to do is open
>> a
>> >> Command Prompt,
>> >> type "Y:" and run a FQ WGET command and the file(s) ovtained will be in
>> >> the "Y:" drive.  I
>> >> dion't think the behaviour is any different for Win64 vs. Win32.
>> >>
>> >> --
>> >> Dave
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>> >>
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