2005-06-10 10:14:48 +02:00
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GNU wget is a free software package for retrieving files using HTTP,
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HTTPS and FTP, the most widely-used Internet protocols. It is a
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non-interactive command-line tool, so it may easily be called from
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scripts, cron jobs, terminals without X-Windows support, etc.
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2005-06-10 10:14:48 +02:00
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GNU wget has many features to make retrieving large files or mirroring
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entire web or FTP sites easy, including:
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2005-06-10 10:14:48 +02:00
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o Can resume aborted downloads, using REST and RANGE
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o Can use filename wild cards and recursively mirror directories
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o NLS-based message files for many different languages
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o Optionally converts absolute links in downloaded documents to
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relative, so that downloaded documents may link to each other locally
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o Supports HTTP and SOCKS proxies
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o Supports HTTP cookies
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o Supports persistent HTTP connections
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o Unattended / background operation
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o Uses local file timestamps to determine whether documents need to
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be re-downloaded when mirroring
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o GNU wget is distributed under the GNU General Public License.
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WWW: http://www.gnu.org/software/wget/wget.html
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