RE: Downloading a web page's html code: Wget vs. Chrome's "Save Page WE" extension

2020-01-06 Thread michel . kempeneers
I'm bound hands & feet to whatever CL freeware is out there. So no real improvement, I'm afraid... M. Van: "Taylor" Aan: "Michel Kempeneers" Cc: "bug-wget" Verzonden: Vrijdag 3 januari 2020 14:16:05 Onderwerp: Re: Downloading a web page's html code:

Downloading a web page's html code: Wget vs. Chrome's "Save Page WE" extension

2020-01-02 Thread michel . kempeneers
Hi, when I use Wget to download the html code of this eBay page --- it's just an example, no strings attached: [ https://www.ebay.fr/itm/Cham-La-Civilisation-a-la-Porte-CARICATURE-turquie/143485908416 |

RE: Wget: Adding a prefix to downloaded files?

2019-12-17 Thread michel . kempeneers
and (externally) adding a prefix (counter) for every single download. But any such workaround would miss out on the efficiency of feeding Wget with a plain input txt file. And I can only repeat that such a feature could ad some power to Wget, as it would avoid cumbersome workarounds. Thx again for all the

[SOLVED] RE: Wget with Download directory containing spaces

2019-12-16 Thread michel . kempeneers
Hi, I received several suggestions, but no real solution for the issue has surfaced. Apparently, the average Wget user is wise, and makes sure not the use directory names with spaces, so nobody really seems to know how to implement such names when needed. In DOS (Win7, x64) the following

RE: Wget: Adding a prefix to downloaded files?

2019-12-12 Thread michel . kempeneers
th a basic batch file), but wanted to try first if the single Wget call via an input file is possible. As this sounds much more efficient, and supposedly is amso quicker. Thx for your suggestions anyway. M. Van: "Richard Thomas" Aan: "Michel Kempeneers" Verzonden:

RE: Wget with Download directory containing spaces

2019-12-12 Thread michel . kempeneers
Oops, good catch! No spaces intended there, so much's for sure! (In DOS a file or folder name can never end with a space or a dot) I placed them back after I tested .\Other Images\ but apparently in a most clumzy way. Apologies for the confusion. Nevertheless, I can confirm that

Wget: Adding a prefix to downloaded files?

2019-12-12 Thread michel . kempeneers
Hi, I run into a particular problem when I'm trying to download a bunch of URLs I grouped together in file "input.txt" like this: wget -nv -a log.txt -P .\Images\ -i input.txt Some of these files are huge, hence take a long time to download. As a consequence, they will not appear in the

Wget with Download directory containing spaces

2019-12-12 Thread michel . kempeneers
Hi, I'm trying to download a bunch of URLs I grouped together in file "input.txt". Downloading them to sub-folder "Images" works alright with the following command. wget -nv -a log.txt -P .\Images\ -i input.txt The -P switch even creates the target directory if it doesn't exist. But when