Re: Why no -nc with -N?

Dan LeGate [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Thanks Hrvoje, Yes, --backups does seem to be what I want. However, when I run the following command-line: wget -m --backups -A gif,jpg,js,inc,css -o wget.log ftp://userid:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/dir1/dir2 It returns: wget: backups: Invalid specification

Re: Why no -nc with -N?

Thanks Hrvoje, Yes, --backups does seem to be what I want. However, when I run the following command-line: wget -m --backups -A gif,jpg,js,inc,css -o wget.log ftp://userid:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/dir1/dir2 It returns: wget: backups: Invalid specification `-A'. It seems like it's expecting

Re: Why no -nc with -N?

Hi Dan, I must admit that I don't fully understand your question. -nc means no clobber, that means that files that already exist locally are not downloaded again, independent from their age or size or whatever. -N means that only newer files are downloaded (or if the size differs). So these

Re: Why no -nc with -N?

You're right, I wasn't very clear. What I'm wanting to do is Mirror a site, but keep backups of any local files that get replaced because newer versions are being downloaded. Upon reading the documentation again, I think I originally misunderstood the file.1, file.2 renaming scheme. I *thought*

Re: Why no -nc with -N?

Dan LeGate [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: What I'm wanting to do is Mirror a site, but keep backups of any local files that get replaced because newer versions are being downloaded. You might want to try the undocumented option `--backups', which does what you want, i.e. forces the use of numbered