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Re: [Bug-wget] [PATCH] Add support for --retry-http503


From: Giuseppe Scrivano
Subject: Re: [Bug-wget] [PATCH] Add support for --retry-http503
Date: Tue, 31 Jan 2017 11:24:33 +0100
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Hi Tom,

Tom Szilagyi <address@hidden> writes:

> Consider HTTP 503 (Service unavailable) as a non-fatal, transient
> error. Normally Wget gives up immediately on receiving this HTTP
> response. Certain special use cases might require Wget to retry even
> in the face of this error. With this option, such retries are
> performed subject to the normal retry timing and retry count
> limitations of Wget. Using this option is generally not recommended.

thanks for working on it.  If we are going to add something like this, I
think it should be made more generic.  What about something like:

--retry-on-http-error=503,504,505...

Regards,
Giuseppe



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