-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Tony Lewis wrote: > Pratap Kumar Das wrote: > >> I am not being able to download the files which would be >> linked with dynamic urls (urls containing "*?*" in them which is probably >> used for redirection). > > The "?" is not the problem. See these lines in the output you included: > >> Cannot write to `download.html?product=firefox-3.5.1&os=win&lang=en-US' >> (File name too long). > > As far as I can tell, the "File name too long" error is only generated on > Windows machines so I'm assuming you're running on some version of Windows. > For what it's worth, I am able to retrieve that file running wget in a > cygwin shell running on Windows XP.
No, I get them on GNU/Linux (Ubuntu), too. Especially if I'm trying to get stuff from Savannah, which always has colossal links. There's a patch at https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/index.php?21714; currently held up waiting for copyright-assignment stuff. - -- Micah J. Cowan Programmer, musician, typesetting enthusiast, gamer. Maintainer of GNU Wget and GNU Teseq http://micah.cowan.name/ -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iEYEARECAAYFAkpsxyQACgkQ7M8hyUobTrHCogCfUTpgzGgtfJXFnP9YuiWzgD6g 8IUAmwVrgZwJPN10MaJXVxlrOWy46/xO =uqKj -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
