Hamish wrote: > Yes, I'm just downloading a single file. I'm not interested in the > recursive nature of -r, I'm only interested in the overwriting nature > of it. I want to download the latest version of the file in place and > have it immediately go live.
<snip> > So I guess I'd use ` --output-document=- > /path/to/my/file ` instead? > Is there a better way to avoid the filename.1? -O/--output-document always overwrites, and never does the "unique name" thing. It works exactly like a shell redirection would (that is, like your example just above), except that it does check for pre-existing files if you specify --no-clobber (and if it exists, it won't bother contacting the server, it'll just exit with a message). -- Micah J. Cowan Programmer, musician, typesetting enthusiast, gamer. Maintainer of GNU Wget and GNU Teseq http://micah.cowan.name/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
