Agreed! The documentation should indeed read: Number of tries since that is what is being set by the option.
Attached a patch with the required change. On Fri, May 10, 2013 at 12:55 PM, Hauke Hoffmann < [email protected]> wrote: > Hi wget bug-hunter! > > > I've got a question because of an inaccuracy (maybe a bug) in the manpage > für "wget". For the parameter "-t / -- tries" it sais: > > /"Set number of retries to number. Specify 0 or inf for infinite > retrying. [...]"/ > > > This would mean that you cannot unset retrying for wget. > > wget http://something.xyz <-------- default: 20 retries if > necessary > wget -t 0 http://something.xyz <--------- infinite retrying > wget -t 1 http://something.xyz <--------- 1 REtry, so i case of a > problem, we get the first try + 1 retry = 2 tries. > > > > Is that correct or is that a typo in the manpage so that it should be: > > /"Set number of tries to number. Specify 0 or inf for infinite > retrying. [...]"/ > > Regards, Hauke > > -- Thanking You, Darshit Shah
0001-Fix-typo-in-documentation.patch
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