On Monday 08 April 2002 19:18, you wrote: > Ivan Buttinoni <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Again I send a suggestion, this time quite easy. I hope it's not > > allready implemented, else I'm sorry in advance. It will be nice if > > wget can use the regexp to evaluate what accept/refuse to download. > > The regexp have to work on whole URL and/or filename and/or hostname > > and/or CGI argument. Sometime I found the apache directory sorting > > links that are unusefull, eg: > > .../?N=A > > .../?M=D > > > > Here follows an hipotesis for the above example: > > wget -r -l0 --reg-exclude '[A-Z]=[AD]$' http://.... > > The problem with regexps is that their use would make Wget dependent > on a regexp library. To make matters worse, regexp libraries come in > all shapes and sizes, with incompatible APIs and implementing > incompatible dialects of regexps. > > I'm staying away from regexps as long as I possibly can.
Ok, exist a lot of implementation regexp as a consequence exist a lot of implementations/dialets, but don't forget _gnu rexep_ (http://www.gnu.org/directory/rx.html)! And how difficult is insert regexps at compile time? (ex. ./configure --with-gnuregexp )? Ciao Ivan -- ========================================================================= BWARE TECHNOLOGIES - http://www.bware.it/ Via S.Gregorio, 3, Milano 20124 Italy - Phone: +39 02 2779181 Fax: +39 02 27791828 GSM: +39 335 1280432 =========================================================================
