[Bug-wget] [bug #47519] Using the option --spider does temporary create the files and permanently the directories

[Sworddragon]

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                 Summary: Using the option --spider does temporary create the
files and permanently the directories
                 Project: GNU Wget
            Submitted by: sworddragon
            Submitted on: Thu 24 Mar 2016 10:34:54 AM GMT
                Category: Program Logic
                Severity: 3 - Normal
                Priority: 5 - Normal
                  Status: None
                 Privacy: Public
             Assigned to: None
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             Open/Closed: Open
         Discussion Lock: Any
                 Release: 1.17.1
        Operating System: GNU/Linux
         Reproducibility: Every Time
           Fixed Release: None
         Planned Release: None
              Regression: None
           Work Required: None
          Patch Included: None

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Details:

If I'm using the option -r with --spider on a website I'm noticing that wget
is creating the directory structure and temporary the files (but i can't tell
if the files were empty or not as they are immediately deleted). --spider is
documented that it doesn't download anything and just check for the existence.
An user would probably not expect that this would create any files.




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