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Re: [Bug-wget] wget complaints about ftp entries in .netrc


From: Tim Rühsen
Subject: Re: [Bug-wget] wget complaints about ftp entries in .netrc
Date: Thu, 8 Jun 2017 09:46:20 +0200
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On 06/07/2017 09:37 PM, Toralf Förster wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> 
> If I run wget, it complaints about:
> 
> $ wget --quiet --output-document=/tmp/bla https://<any machine>...
> 
> wget: /home/tfoerste/.netrc:4: unknown token "lcd"
> wget: /home/tfoerste/.netrc:4: unknown token "~/hetzner/public_html"
> wget: /home/tfoerste/.netrc:5: unknown token "cd"
> wget: /home/tfoerste/.netrc:5: unknown token "public_html"
> 
> This is my ~/.netrc:
> 
> $ cat /home/tfoerste/.netrc
> machine <my machine>
>   login <snip>
>   password <snip>
>   lcd ~/hetzner/public_html
>   cd public_html
> 
> Now I do wonder whether wget is wrong -or- if I made a mistake in .netrc ?

See 'man netrc'. It is not the right place to put FTP commands.

With Best Regards, Tim

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