newbie: how to allow wget to overwrite files
dear wget gurus i'm a little new in this business so excuse my beginner question on my suse-linux (wget 1.5.x) I download every night virus-signature-files. these files always have the same file-names even if they are updated by the software-manufacturer. now wget realizes that these files already exists on my destination download directory and adds an increment (.1, .2, .3) to the file name. how can i avoid this and overwrite the (old) files. thanx alot hubert
Re: newbie: how to allow wget to overwrite files
On 28 Sep 2001 at 9:48, Hubert Ming wrote: > dear wget gurus > i'm a little new in this business so excuse my beginner question > on my suse-linux (wget 1.5.x) I download every night > virus-signature-files. these files always have the same file-names even > if they are updated by the software-manufacturer. now wget realizes that > these files already exists on my destination download directory and adds > an increment (.1, .2, .3) to the file name. how can i avoid this and > overwrite the (old) files. Either of the -x and/or -N options will stop that happening, at least with wget 1.7 (not sure about 1.5.x). They may have other effects you don't want (see man page).
Re: newbie: how to allow wget to overwrite files
hi try: wget -m -nd http://www.google.com/images/about_logo.gif this will download about_logo.gif if changed and will not append .1 .2 etc... P! Vladi. > Hubert Ming wrote: > > dear wget gurus > i'm a little new in this business so excuse my beginner question > on my suse-linux (wget 1.5.x) I download every night virus-signature-files. these >files always have the same file-names even if they are updated by > the software-manufacturer. now wget realizes that these files already exists on my >destination download directory and adds an increment (.1, .2, .3) > to the file name. how can i avoid this and overwrite the (old) files. > > thanx alot > hubert -- Vladi Belperchinov-Shabanski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Personal home page at http://www.biscom.net/~cade DataMax Ltd. http://www.datamax.bg Too many hopes and dreams won't see the light... smime.p7s Description: S/MIME Cryptographic Signature
