Re: [Bug-wget] How to get only updated pdf files from a ColdFusion site? [WARNING: SPF validation failed]

[Darshit Shah]

On Mon, Mar 17, 2014 at 2:50 PM, Tim Ruehsen <address@hidden> wrote:
> Hi Pierre,
>
> next time, please send your answer to the mailing list as well (bug-
> address@hidden), so others won't spent their precious time to answer an 
> already
> answered question. I put the list on CC for this mail, so your answer will be
> visible there.
>
> There is a whole chapter about Time-Stamping in the original docs (wget.texi).
> This chapter is left out in the man pages (i just can guess about the
> reasons).
>
> If you use 'info wget' or 'pinfo wget' and you won't miss any of the docs ;-)
>
> There should be a hint in the man pages - right near -N, that there is an
> extra chapter about the time-stamping details which can be viewed by 'info'.
>
I'm not sure why certain parts of the documentation aren't compiled
into the man page.

Are there any advantages at all to this?
> Tim
>
> On Monday 17 March 2014 07:28:37 Pierre Fortin wrote:
>> On Mon, 17 Mar 2014 09:14:10 +0100 Tim Ruehsen wrote:
>> >On Sunday 16 March 2014 18:10:30 Pierre Fortin wrote:
>> >> wget -r -nd -A \*pdf http://www.ncrealtors.org/sampleforms.cfm
>> >
>> >You should add the option -N (aka --timestamping).
>> >
>> >Tim
>>
>> That works!  Thanks Tim!
>>
>> BTW, the man page simply reads:
>>  -N
>>        --timestamping
>>            Turn on time-stamping.
>>
>> That provides no clue as to why it's useful.  Could we add something like
>> this?:
>>
>>   In certain cases, this option will prevent re-downloading and deleting
>>   files.
>>
>> Or whatever is more correct...
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Pierre
>
>



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Thanking You,
Darshit Shah