hello, the "&" character in the url is interpreted by your shell.
Try using something like: wget "URL" Cheers, Giuseppe "Jeff Givens" <j...@sds.net> writes: > Hello, I am having an issue downloading files via download links from > CNET. It appears to locate some of the URL but stops at the first > &siteId part. I have included the debug information as well. Thanks > in advance for your help. > > C:\>DOWNLOAD\wget http://dw.com.com/redir?edId=3&siteId=4&oId=300 > 0-8022_4-10804572&ontId=8022_4&spi=077d9109e846975d0db9532bd610588f&lop=link&tag > =tdw_dltext<ype=dl_dlnow&pid=11665648&mfgId=6290020&merId=6290020&pguid=HFsQLw > oOYJQAABuImQcAAAGm&destUrl=http%3A%2F%2Fdownload.cnet.com%2F3001-8022_4-10804572 > .html%3Fspi%3D077d9109e846975d0db9532bd610588f > --2011-04-19 11:30:35-- http://dw.com.com/redir?edId=3 > Resolving dw.com.com... 216.239.113.95 > Connecting to dw.com.com|216.239.113.95|:80... connected. > HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 302 Found > Location: http://dw.com.com/redir/redx/?edId=3 [following] > --2011-04-19 11:30:36-- http://dw.com.com/redir/redx/?edId=3 > Reusing existing connection to dw.com.com:80. > HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 404 Not Found > 2011-04-19 11:30:36 ERROR 404: Not Found. > > 'siteId' is not recognized as an internal or external command, > operable program or batch file. > 'oId' is not recognized as an internal or external command, > operable program or batch file. > 'ontId' is not recognized as an internal or external command, > operable program or batch file. > 'spi' is not recognized as an internal or external command, > operable program or batch file. > 'lop' is not recognized as an internal or external command, > operable program or batch file. > 'tag' is not recognized as an internal or external command, > operable program or batch file. > 'ltype' is not recognized as an internal or external command, > operable program or batch file. > 'pid' is not recognized as an internal or external command, > operable program or batch file. > 'mfgId' is not recognized as an internal or external command, > operable program or batch file. > 'merId' is not recognized as an internal or external command, > operable program or batch file. > 'pguid' is not recognized as an internal or external command, > operable program or batch file. > 'destUrl' is not recognized as an internal or external command, > operable program or batch file. > > DEBUG output created by Wget 1.11.4 on Windows-MSVC. > > --2011-04-19 11:27:09-- http://dw.com.com/redir?edId=3 > Resolving dw.com.com... seconds 0.00, 64.30.224.42 > Caching dw.com.com => 64.30.224.42 > Connecting to dw.com.com|64.30.224.42|:80... seconds 0.00, connected. > Created socket 340. > Releasing 0x01411158 (new refcount 1). > > ---request begin--- > GET /redir?edId=3 HTTP/1.0 > > User-Agent: Wget/1.11.4 > > Accept: */* > > Host: dw.com.com > > Connection: Keep-Alive > > > > ---request end--- > HTTP request sent, awaiting response... > ---response begin--- > HTTP/1.1 302 Found > > Date: Tue, 19 Apr 2011 15:27:26 GMT > > Server: Apache/2.0 > > Pragma: no-cache > > Cache-control: no-cache, must-revalidate, no-transform > > Vary: * > > Expires: Fri, 23 Jan 1970 12:12:12 GMT > > Set-Cookie: XCLGFbrowser=Cg5iVk2tqd6JAAAA8Sg; expires=Sun, 18-Apr-2021 > 15:27:26 GMT; domain=.com.com; path=/ > > Location: http://dw.com.com/redir/redx/?edId=3 > > Content-Length: 0 > > P3P: CP="CAO DSP COR CURa ADMa DEVa PSAa PSDa IVAi IVDi CONi OUR OTRi > IND PHY ONL UNI FIN COM NAV INT DEM STA" > > Keep-Alive: timeout=363, max=760 > > Connection: Keep-Alive > > Content-Type: text/plain > > > > ---response end--- > 302 Found > Registered socket 340 for persistent reuse. > cdm: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 > Stored cookie com.com -1 (ANY) / <permanent> <insecure> [expiry > 2021-04-18 11:27:26] XCLGFbrowser Cg5iVk2tqd6JAAAA8Sg > Location: http://dw.com.com/redir/redx/?edId=3 [following] > Skipping 0 bytes of body: [] done. > --2011-04-19 11:27:09-- http://dw.com.com/redir/redx/?edId=3 > Reusing existing connection to dw.com.com:80. > Reusing fd 340. > > ---request begin--- > GET /redir/redx/?edId=3 HTTP/1.0 > > User-Agent: Wget/1.11.4 > > Accept: */* > > Host: dw.com.com > > Connection: Keep-Alive > > Cookie: XCLGFbrowser=Cg5iVk2tqd6JAAAA8Sg > > > > ---request end--- > HTTP request sent, awaiting response... > ---response begin--- > HTTP/1.1 404 Not Found > > Date: Tue, 19 Apr 2011 15:27:26 GMT > > Server: Apache/2.0 > > Content-Length: 209 > > Keep-Alive: timeout=363, max=779 > > Connection: Keep-Alive > > Content-Type: text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 > > > > ---response end--- > 404 Not Found > Skipping 209 bytes of body: [<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//IETF//DTD HTML > 2.0//EN"> > <html><head> > <title>404 Not Found</title> > </head><body> > <h1>Not Found</h1> > <p>The requested URL /redir/redx/ was not found on this server.</p> > </body></html> > ] done. > 2011-04-19 11:27:09 ERROR 404: Not Found.