Thank you, Kalle ! We'll go through the docs soon and amend them.
On 08/26/2018 10:08 AM, kalle wrote: > hello, > here my proposals: > > chapter 2, part "download all the URLs specified": make it clearer, what > that exactly means in relationship to URLs describing a directory. Is > the whole fs beneath downloaded? or only the file 'index.html' in it? > > chapter 2.1: you mention, that it would be a security risk to write out > the password in the commandline. But you don't mention here, that a > transfer over the internet of a non-encrypted URL containing the > password would be risky too. > > ch.2.1: why isn't https mentioned? It appears in ch 2.5, though... > > ch. 2.3, option '-nc', part "local file will be 'clobbered', or > overwritten,": replace the last part with "be 'clobbered' (which means > overwritten)". I suppose that , since 'clobbering' means something like > 'destroying', you don't need to write "be 'clobbered' (which means > overwritten or that the newly downloaded file is saved under another > name than the local one)" > > ch. 2.3, option '-nc', part "will refuse to download newer copies of > 'FILE'": the usage of 'newer copies' is ambiguous here. it could be, > that the server-side file has been renewed, but probably it just > means,that it will not download the same file another time and give it > another name." > > ch. 2.3, option '-nc': if '--no-clobbering' is a misnaming as is said in > the part "actually a misnomer in this mode", why isn't it changed? One > could keep '-nc' for compatibility reasons, and forge aa new option > name..., e.g. '-nn / --no-new' > > > part 'of the character's ASCII value' -> add '(see ascii(7))' for reference. > > ch. 2.4, replace the 'href="URL">'s with 'href="BASE-URL">'. There is > one in '-i' and one in '-F'. > > ch. 2.5, option '-c', part "really a valid prefix": I find the use of > prefix not very understandable. I would rather write "Wget has no way of > veryfying that the local file is the beginning part of the remote file". > > ch.2.5, '--bind-address': I don't understand the meaning of the word > 'bind' in the formulation "bind to ADDRESS" > > greetings,kalle >
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