Hi.
I just upgraded wget on my Debian GNU/Linux system from 1.5.3 to 1.6.
Whenever I run wget 1.6, I get a bunch of lines complaining about my
~/.netrc:
virgil:~$ wget http://www.koldfront.dk/
--00:37:42-- http://www.koldfront.dk/
=> `index.html'
Connecting to www.koldfront.dk:80... connected!
wget: /home/asjo/.netrc:4: unknown token ""
wget: /home/asjo/.netrc:8: unknown token ""
wget: /home/asjo/.netrc:12: unknown token ""
wget: /home/asjo/.netrc:16: unknown token ""
wget: /home/asjo/.netrc:20: unknown token ""
wget: /home/asjo/.netrc:24: unknown token ""
wget: /home/asjo/.netrc:28: unknown token ""
wget: /home/asjo/.netrc:32: unknown token ""
wget: /home/asjo/.netrc:36: unknown token ""
wget: /home/asjo/.netrc:40: unknown token ""
wget: /home/asjo/.netrc:44: unknown token ""
wget: /home/asjo/.netrc:48: unknown token ""
wget: /home/asjo/.netrc:52: unknown token ""
wget: /home/asjo/.netrc:57: unknown token ""
wget: /home/asjo/.netrc:62: unknown token ""
wget: /home/asjo/.netrc:66: unknown token ""
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
Length: unspecified [text/html]
0K -> .......... ...
00:37:44 (6.16 KB/s) - `index.html' saved [13455]
virgil:~$
It seems that wget doesn't like empty lines. The extra output of
course is a nuisance when using wget in an otherwise quiet cron-job.
The wget manual states (Startup File-node):
"You can find `.netrc' format in your system manuals."
"man netrc" on my system says:
"The .netrc file contains login and initialization information used
by the auto-login process. It resides in the user's home directory.
The following tokens are recognized; they may be separated by
spaces, tabs, or new-lines:"
It could perhaps be clearer, but "new-lines" is plural.
XEmacs (efs) and ncftp have no problems ignoring empty lines - and the
extra newlines make ~/.netrc ever so much easier to parse for humans.
I'm sure the fix is trivial, and I hope someone who knows just where
to modify will do so. If not, please let me know and I'll give it my
worst :-)
Thanks for a very useful tool!
Best regards,
--
"Ok, so we didn't learn any big lesson. Sue me." Adam Sjøgren
"Live and don't learn, that's us." [EMAIL PROTECTED]
