On Wed, 05 Dec 2007 21:41:14 -0800 Micah Cowan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > Mauro Tortonesi wrote: > > On Tuesday 20 November 2007 20:38:13 Micah Cowan wrote: > > > >> Be advised, though, that -O doesn't simply mean "make the name of the > >> downloaded result `filename'"; it means "act as if you're redirecting > >> output > >> to a file named `filename'". In particular, this means that such things as > >> timestamping, and multiple URLs, may not work as you expect. > > > > micah, > > > > i believe this text is a good candidate for inclusion in the man page. > > Heh, I turned your suggestion into a bug... and then, now that I've had > a chance to take a closer look, I've discovered I already added some > clarifying text to the -O option's description. How's this look? > > http://hg.addictivecode.org/wget/1.11/rev/5e5eae3f8d9f > > <<< > Use of `-O' is _not_ intended to mean simply "use the name FILE instead > of the one in the URL;" rather, it is analogous to shell redirection: > `wget -O file http://foo' is intended to work like`wget -O - http://foo > > file'; `file' will be truncated immediately, and _all_ downloaded > content will be written there. > > Note that a combination with `-k' is only permitted when downloading a > single document, and combination with any of `-r',`-p', or `-N' is not > allowed. > >>> looks perfect to me. hopefully, now we'll have less complaints from users who try -O for multiple downloads ;-) -- Mauro Tortonesi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
