Re: [Bug-wget] Both wget and winhttrack have a prerequisites problem

[Tim Rühsen]

Hi Han,

Wget does not download external references by default.

If you want that, use -H/--span-hosts.
You could also use -D/--domains, -A/--accept, ... (man wget - Recursive 
Accept/Reject Options).

Regards, Tim


Am Donnerstag, 9. April 2015, 09:14:05 schrieb Han Leushuis:
> Hello everybody,
> 
> Wget and Winhttrack are the best programs available, but they do have a
> problem. Neither of the two gets the prerequisites problem right. It
> seems they have a problem with inheriting the --prerequisites option
> from their parent directory
> 
> I've prepared a simple www.medjugorje.eu/test/ directory with a
> 
>   * link above the test directory (should not be mirrored)
>   * local image (should be mirrored)
>   * external image (should be mirrored)
>   * external image which is an external link (image should be mirrored,
>     external link should not be mirrored)
> 
> Neither wget nor winhttrack gets this simple page right, tried many options.
> 
> It seems to me they have a problem with passing on the prerequisites
> option to their recursive children.
> 
> It shouldn't be too difficult to make a program that saves a page with
> all their prerequisites and do that recursively?
> 
> I'll leave the test directory for a while.
> 
> Can you tell me whether this is a problem?
> 
> Hope to hear from you,
> 
> Han

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