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Re: [SLE] wget question
- From: Randall R Schulz <rschulz@xxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 20 Sep 2004 11:49:33 -0700
- Message-id: <200409201149.33373.rschulz@xxxxxxxxx>
Jim,
On Monday 20 September 2004 13:34, Jim Sabatke wrote:
> ...
>
> That's an idiotic reply. Who would know that --cut-dirs would have
> anything to do with the URL mentioned? I read through everything you
> posted and still don't get the reference. What on earth does that have
> to do with www.abc.com?something=nothing type structures? I still
> have no idea why I want to get rid of a directory structure. As I
> originally said, I didn't understand the URL structure for the get. I
> couldn't find doc's on it. I still have no idea what the '?' is for.
Hey. You're welcome.
I also answered earlier about altering the default output file name with
"-O".
The question mark introduces query parameters within a URL. It shows up
quite commonly these days in web browsing. Multiple query parameters are
separated by ampersands. Often individual query parameters take the form
of name/value pairs with the name separated from the value by an equal
sign, but that is technically outside the specification and is basically
just a convention for interpreting a monolithic query string.
If you spend "hours" reading the manual page, how could you have failed to
absorb the significance of "-nd", "-nH", "--cut-dirs" and "-O" and their
relevance to the problem you were trying to solve?
> Sometimes it's very easy when you have working knowledge of an area
> that is helpful, and competely obsucre if you don't. I once made a
> very good living from solvng difficult problems, although my area is
> really project management. Some things just require assistance.
I guess I figured that basic information about the nature and structure of
a URL was not at issue here. Why would you expect the "wget" man page to
educate you about URLs?
Here's a tutorial on URLs: <URL:
http://www.utoronto.ca/webdocs/HTMLdocs/NewHTML/url.html>.
If you're the sort to go straight for specifications, in all their gory
and hoary detail, the W3C.org web site is where you'll find them.
> Perhaps your bullying should convince me to slit my wrists and get it
> over with. The reason I'm not working is because of severe depression.
> I'm desperately (yes, I am desperate) trying to recover from that by
> doing things to spur me in a positive direction. In the past couple
> days I've compiled, installed and configured gnome 2.8 and the latest
> abiword. That isn't easy for most people, and I did it without asking
> anyone a thing.
I'm sorry about that. I, too, struggle with depression. I have lost or
quit jobs because of my depressions. I, too, have at times contemplated
suicide. So far, I have never attempted it. Could you tell from my
interactions on this list that these things are true? Doubtful. Likewise
for me responding to you.
Randall Schulz
On Monday 20 September 2004 13:34, Jim Sabatke wrote:
> ...
>
> That's an idiotic reply. Who would know that --cut-dirs would have
> anything to do with the URL mentioned? I read through everything you
> posted and still don't get the reference. What on earth does that have
> to do with www.abc.com?something=nothing type structures? I still
> have no idea why I want to get rid of a directory structure. As I
> originally said, I didn't understand the URL structure for the get. I
> couldn't find doc's on it. I still have no idea what the '?' is for.
Hey. You're welcome.
I also answered earlier about altering the default output file name with
"-O".
The question mark introduces query parameters within a URL. It shows up
quite commonly these days in web browsing. Multiple query parameters are
separated by ampersands. Often individual query parameters take the form
of name/value pairs with the name separated from the value by an equal
sign, but that is technically outside the specification and is basically
just a convention for interpreting a monolithic query string.
If you spend "hours" reading the manual page, how could you have failed to
absorb the significance of "-nd", "-nH", "--cut-dirs" and "-O" and their
relevance to the problem you were trying to solve?
> Sometimes it's very easy when you have working knowledge of an area
> that is helpful, and competely obsucre if you don't. I once made a
> very good living from solvng difficult problems, although my area is
> really project management. Some things just require assistance.
I guess I figured that basic information about the nature and structure of
a URL was not at issue here. Why would you expect the "wget" man page to
educate you about URLs?
Here's a tutorial on URLs: <URL:
http://www.utoronto.ca/webdocs/HTMLdocs/NewHTML/url.html>.
If you're the sort to go straight for specifications, in all their gory
and hoary detail, the W3C.org web site is where you'll find them.
> Perhaps your bullying should convince me to slit my wrists and get it
> over with. The reason I'm not working is because of severe depression.
> I'm desperately (yes, I am desperate) trying to recover from that by
> doing things to spur me in a positive direction. In the past couple
> days I've compiled, installed and configured gnome 2.8 and the latest
> abiword. That isn't easy for most people, and I did it without asking
> anyone a thing.
I'm sorry about that. I, too, struggle with depression. I have lost or
quit jobs because of my depressions. I, too, have at times contemplated
suicide. So far, I have never attempted it. Could you tell from my
interactions on this list that these things are true? Doubtful. Likewise
for me responding to you.
Randall Schulz
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