Re: [Bug-wget] No warning printed when using options: -N -O-

[Ángel González]

On 28/04/15 21:56, Nik Nyby wrote:
> The wget manual states:
>
>    ‘-N’ (for timestamp-checking) is not supported in combination with ‘-O’:
>    since file is always newly created, it will always have a very new
>    timestamp. A warning will be issued if this combination is used.
>
> (In this section of the manual):
> http://www.gnu.org/software/wget/manual/html_node/Download-Options.html#Download-Options
>
> The warning is printed if you do:
>    wget -N -O http://example.com
>
> But the warning isn't printed if you do something like:
>    wget -N -O- http://example.com
>
>
> Maybe the statement in the manual should be revised to avoid confusion?
>
> See: https://github.com/docker/docker/pull/12857
Works for me in wget 1.16.3:

wget -N -O- http://example.com > /dev/null
WARNING: timestamping does nothing in combination with -O. See the manual
for details.

(and goes on downloading it)
Resolving example.com (example.com)... 93.184.216.34, 
2606:2800:220:1:248:1893:25c8:1946


What version are you using?