Re: wget (fwd)

From the author of wget:

> > Does wget support "wget -O /dev/null xxx"?
>
> Yes, for some xxx. The most useful stuff -- retrieving recursively --
> is not possible when the output is redirected. However, there are
> tricks to do what you want (preloading the proxy). Look at the docs
> for `--delete-after' option:
>
> `--delete-after'
> This option tells Wget to delete every single file it downloads,
> *after* having done so. It is useful for pre-fetching popular
> pages through PROXY, e.g.:
>
> wget -r -nd --delete-after http://whatever.com/~popular/page/
>
> The `-r' option is to retrieve recursively, and `-nd' not to
> create directories.
Received on Wed Jan 14 1998 - 18:39:45 MST