Re: [Bug-wget] Downloading files with specific extensions

2011-12-27 Thread Jamal Mazrui
files with specific extensions (2011?12?22? 08:39), Vikram Narayanan wrote: > On Thu, Dec 22, 2011 at 7:59 PM, Tony Lewis wrote: >> Vikram Narayanan wrote: >> >>> Isn't it a waste of bandwidth? >>> Is it not possible to check only the PDF files without downlo

Re: [Bug-wget] Downloading files with specific extensions

2011-12-23 Thread Vikram Narayanan
On Fri, Dec 23, 2011 at 2:16 AM, Micah Cowan wrote: > (2011年12月22日 08:39), Vikram Narayanan wrote: >> On Thu, Dec 22, 2011 at 7:59 PM, Tony Lewis wrote: >>> Vikram Narayanan wrote: >>> Isn't it a waste of bandwidth? Is it not possible to check only the PDF files without downloading the

Re: [Bug-wget] Downloading files with specific extensions

2011-12-22 Thread Micah Cowan
(2011年12月22日 08:39), Vikram Narayanan wrote: > On Thu, Dec 22, 2011 at 7:59 PM, Tony Lewis wrote: >> Vikram Narayanan wrote: >> >>> Isn't it a waste of bandwidth? >>> Is it not possible to check only the PDF files without downloading the >> whole content? >> >> wget has to download HTML content in

Re: [Bug-wget] Downloading files with specific extensions

2011-12-22 Thread Vikram Narayanan
On Thu, Dec 22, 2011 at 7:59 PM, Tony Lewis wrote: > Vikram Narayanan wrote: > >> Isn't it a waste of bandwidth? >> Is it not possible to check only the PDF files without downloading the > whole content? > > wget has to download HTML content in order to discover where the PDF files > are located,

Re: [Bug-wget] Downloading files with specific extensions

2011-12-22 Thread Tony Lewis
Vikram Narayanan wrote: > Isn't it a waste of bandwidth? > Is it not possible to check only the PDF files without downloading the whole content? wget has to download HTML content in order to discover where the PDF files are located,

[Bug-wget] Downloading files with specific extensions

2011-12-21 Thread Vikram Narayanan
Just joined the list. If I give a command, say wget -r -A.pdf http://www.example.com (My wish is to download all the files that has extension PDF) Why does wget download all the files and reject the others except pdf's. Isn't it a waste of bandwidth? Is it not possible to check only the PDF files