On 12 Feb 2002 at 12:30, Holger Pfaff wrote: > I'm having trouble using wget 1.8.[01] over a (squid24-) proxy > to mirror a ftp-directory: > > # setenv ftp_proxy http://139.21.68.25:8888 > # wget181 -r -np -l0 ftp://ftp.funet.fi/pub/Linux/mirrors/redhat/redhat/linux/updates > > --12:06:58-- ftp://ftp.funet.fi/pub/Linux/mirrors/redhat/redhat/linux/updates > => `ftp.funet.fi/pub/Linux/mirrors/redhat/redhat/linux/updates' > Connecting to 139.21.68.25:8888... connected. > Proxy request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK > Length: unspecified [text/html] > > [ <=> ] 3,665 3.50M/s > > 12:06:58 (3.50 MB/s) - `ftp.funet.fi/pub/Linux/mirrors/redhat/redhat/linux/updates' >saved [3665]
I've never tried wget through an http-based ftp proxy. Are there any clues in the file it wrote (presumably a html-format directory listing)? Are there any more clues if you use the -d (--debug) option?