> I've never tried wget through an http-based ftp proxy. > > Are there any clues in the file it wrote (presumably a html-format > directory listing)? > > Are there any more clues if you use the -d (--debug) option?
# wget181 -r -np -l8 --debug ftp://ftp.funet.fi/pub/Linux/mirrors/redhat/redhat/linux/updates DEBUG output created by Wget 1.8.1 on solaris2.8. --07:28:38-- ftp://ftp.funet.fi/pub/Linux/mirrors/redhat/redhat/linux/updates => `ftp.funet.fi/pub/Linux/mirrors/redhat/redhat/linux/updates' Connecting to 139.21.68.25:8888... connected. Created socket 3. Releasing 4d0f8 (new refcount 0). Deleting unused 4d0f8. ---request begin--- GET ftp://ftp.funet.fi/pub/Linux/mirrors/redhat/redhat/linux/updates HTTP/1.0 User-Agent: Wget/1.8.1 Host: ftp.funet.fi Accept: */* ---request end--- Proxy request sent, awaiting response... HTTP/1.0 200 OK Mime-Version: 1.0 Server: NetCache NetApp Release 3.4R1: Tue Nov 9 13:21:00 PST 1999-Solaris Content-Type: text/html X-Cache: MISS from s1aa56a Proxy-Connection: close Length: unspecified [text/html] [ <=> ] 3,665 3.50M/s Closing fd 3 07:28:38 (3.50 MB/s) - `ftp.funet.fi/pub/Linux/mirrors/redhat/redhat/linux/updates' saved [3665] FINISHED --07:28:38-- Downloaded: 3,665 bytes in 1 files # cat ftp.funet.fi/pub/Linux/mirrors/redhat/redhat/linux/updates <HTML><BASE HREF="ftp://ftp.funet.fi/pub/Linux/mirrors/redhat/redhat/linux/updates/";> <H4>Message from ftp.funet.fi:</H4> <PRE> Guest `[EMAIL PROTECTED]' login ok. Finnish University and Research network FUNET Archive FTP.FUNET.FI Most important file name suffixes are described at /README.FILETYPES Welcome, you are 114th archive user in your class (max 250). Your class is named: The known world outside NORDUnet region There are 149 users in all classes (max 687) Your data-transfer rate has no limitations. Local time is Mon Feb 11 17:05:32 2002 EET We have special access features, see file README It was last updated Thu Oct 11 19:48:59 2001 - 122.9 days ago </PRE> <HR> <!-- HTML listing generated by NetCache NetApp Release 3.4R1: Tue Nov 9 13:21:00 PST 1999-Solaris --> <!-- Mon, 11 Feb 2002 15:02:29 GMT --> <HEAD><TITLE> FTP Directory: ftp://ftp.funet.fi/pub/Linux/mirrors/redhat/redhat/linux/updates/ </TITLE></HEAD> <H2> FTP Directory: ftp://ftp.funet.fi/pub/Linux/mirrors/redhat/redhat/linux/updates/ </H2> <PRE> <IMG BORDER=0 SRC="internal-gopher-menu" ALT="[DIR] "> <A HREF="../">Parent Directory</A> <IMG SRC="internal-gopher-menu" ALT="[DIR] "> <A HREF="1.0/">1.0</A> . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [Mar 29 2001] <IMG SRC="internal-gopher-menu" ALT="[DIR] "> <A HREF="1.1/">1.1</A> . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [Mar 29 2001] <IMG SRC="internal-gopher-menu" ALT="[DIR] "> <A HREF="2.0/">2.0</A> . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [Mar 29 2001] <IMG SRC="internal-gopher-menu" ALT="[DIR] "> <A HREF="2.1/">2.1</A> . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [Mar 29 2001] <IMG SRC="internal-gopher-menu" ALT="[DIR] "> <A HREF="3.0.3/">3.0.3</A> . . . . . . . . . . . . . [Mar 29 2001] <IMG SRC="internal-gopher-menu" ALT="[DIR] "> <A HREF="4.0/">4.0</A> . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [Mar 29 2001] <IMG SRC="internal-gopher-menu" ALT="[DIR] "> <A HREF="4.1/">4.1</A> . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [Mar 29 2001] <IMG SRC="internal-gopher-menu" ALT="[DIR] "> <A HREF="4.2/">4.2</A> . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [Mar 29 2001] <IMG SRC="internal-gopher-menu" ALT="[DIR] "> <A HREF="5.0/">5.0</A> . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [Mar 29 2001] <IMG SRC="internal-gopher-menu" ALT="[DIR] "> <A HREF="5.1/">5.1</A> . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [Mar 29 2001] <IMG SRC="internal-gopher-menu" ALT="[DIR] "> <A HREF="5.2/">5.2</A> . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [Mar 29 2001] <IMG SRC="internal-gopher-menu" ALT="[DIR] "> <A HREF="6.0/">6.0</A> . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [Mar 29 2001] <IMG SRC="internal-gopher-menu" ALT="[DIR] "> <A HREF="6.1/">6.1</A> . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [Mar 29 2001] <IMG SRC="internal-gopher-menu" ALT="[DIR] "> <A HREF="6.2/">6.2</A> . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [Oct 22 01:56] <IMG SRC="internal-gopher-menu" ALT="[DIR] "> <A HREF="6.2EE/">6.2EE</A> . . . . . . . . . . . . . [Mar 29 2001] <IMG SRC="internal-gopher-menu" ALT="[DIR] "> <A HREF="7.0/">7.0</A> . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [Mar 29 2001] <IMG SRC="internal-gopher-menu" ALT="[DIR] "> <A HREF="7.1/">7.1</A> . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [Nov 13 01:32] <IMG SRC="internal-gopher-menu" ALT="[DIR] "> <A HREF="7.2/">7.2</A> . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [Jan 22 22:07] <IMG SRC="internal-gopher-binary" ALT="[LINK]"> <A HREF="current">current</A> . . . . . . . . . . . . [Oct 23 00:47] <IMG SRC="internal-gopher-menu" ALT="[DIR] "> <A HREF="other_prod/">other_prod</A>. . . . . . . . . . . [Mar 29 2001] </PRE> <HR> <ADDRESS> Generated Mon, 11 Feb 2002 15:02:29 GMT, by NetCache NetApp Release 3.4R1: Tue Nov 9 13:21:00 PST [EMAIL PROTECTED] </ADDRESS> </BODY></HTML> Looks all pretty normal to me. Just to clarify: We are using a proxy cascade here. The first proxy is a squid24 the last one is a NetCache, but since it is working with older wget versions ... -- Holger
