Micah wrote:
> -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).
ok, got it, thanks.
This was not clear to me from reading the man page, actually it was the
very good description of the -nc option in the man page which is what
gave me the idea to use -r for overwrite in the first place:
| When running Wget with -r, but without -N or -nc, re-downloading
| a file will result in the new copy simply overwriting the old.
| Adding -nc will prevent this behavior, instead causing the
| original version to be preserved and any newer copies on the
| server to be ignored.
regards,
Hamish
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