[thelist] creating browsable snapshot of a website on cd-rom

Hassan Schroeder hassan at webtuitive.com
Tue Mar 16 16:48:43 CST 2004


Jono Young wrote:

> Can you elaborate on "wget -r" a bit more please.  I use OS X, and would
> like to know more from your perspective.  I suppose I can check the man(?)
> in terminal, but any other info would be great.  Is it dangerous to the
> system...why would I have to be careful using "wget -r"?

Gah, I almost replied to that message before.

Instead of a near-useless intimation of danger, suggesting you try
`wget --help` would be better, as in much more illuminating :-)

You'll particularly want to note the `--mirror` flag...

HTH,
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