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Re: [SLE] wget bug or dumb user?
  • From: kai <kai@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Tue, 28 Feb 2006 19:50:48 -0800
  • Message-id: <200602281950.48853.kai@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
On Tuesday 28 February 2006 01:59 pm, Carlos E. R. wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I'm trying to download the whole 9.3 update tree for a friend without
> internet access. I'm doing it this way (mind: some very long lines):
>
> #!/bin/bash
> wget --continue --timestamping --quota=1800m -r -l3 --limit-rate=90k \
> --no-remove-listing -nH --cut-dirs=5 --output-file=LOGFILE \

<snip>

I guess this looks like an issue with wget. I run across wierdness myself when
downloading webpages both on *nix and Wintendo.

Of course, I would have simply opened Konqueror and navigated to the FTP site,
copied the files, then pasted locally. :)


>
> Weird...
>
> The problem is solved, but... why the fact that the server was adding some
> new files caused wget to get into a never ending loop?

<insert Twilight Zone music here>


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