[resubmitted to wget@ instead of wget-patches] > From: Rupert Levene [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > .. > My vote: keep the option for either behaviour :-) As written, the > patch only changes behaviour if the --timestamping and --delete-before > options are in effect. > > Rupert
I understand that you want that feature for your own special needs, on the other hand there is Hrvoje's (more than reasonable!) desire to avoid option proliferation and creeping featuritis. So why not a more general option - you could code a run-external-command feature before and after downloading a file, passing a number of arguments. Something like <command> BEFORE [LOC=location, url] [SAVE_PATH=path where the file will be saved] [REF=possibly referring url] [ORG_SIZE=...] [STARTTIME=] ... then download, followed by <command> AFTER SUCCESS|FAILURE [NUM_ATTEMPTS=..] [ERRTYPE=TIMEOUT|MAX_ATTEMPTS|NOT_RESOLVED] [FINAL_SIZE=] [USERTIME=...] [EFFECTIVETIME=usertime except the retry waiting periods] ... just as an example of syntax and parameters, probably somebody could come up with a better syntax, possibly some other interesting data could be gathered. Possibly the data could be passed in the environment instead of arguments (this would avoid the need for getopts or string operations for simple shell scripts). This would solve a whole lot of wanted features with just one option, for example from time to time somebody wants to know how to get an exact list of downloaded files, currently the log must be parsed or something similar. You would just write a small script in order to unlink the SAVE_PATH file and run wget --run-before=dounlink.pl or whatever. I suppose for a starter just basic data already available (url, path & filename, SUCCESS|FAILURE) would contain the amount of work needed for this. Hrvoje, what do you think about this ? Acceptable ? Horrible ? Heiko -- -- PREVINET S.p.A. www.previnet.it -- Heiko Herold [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- +39-041-5907073 ph -- +39-041-5907472 fax
