Hi Linda,
On 05/31/2017 11:17 PM, L A Walsh wrote: > I notice in the manpage, where it talks about the exclude list, > how it says the syntax is such that it can clear it's value > and that "This can be useful to clear the .wgetrc settings." > > But that is only referring to 1 switch. How do you clear other > .wgetrc settings (or have it ignored?). > > My specific case is my .wgetrc file having 'convert-links=on', > which is useful in most cases, but in a batch-file, I wanted to > make sure that was off. How do I turn off convert-links from the > command line (so it will override the .wgetrc value)? You have several options (I extend my answer a bit due to the ongoing discussion). 1. you want to read .wgetrc but want to explicitly set one or more options for a special use case (disregarding what .wgetrc says for that option. Just use the option with the value you want, e.g. in your case use either --convert-links=off or --no-convert-links. 2. create a special config file for your use case with all that special settings, e.g. 'my.config' and specify it with --config=my.config. 3. Tell wget not to read a config file at all with --no-config. Then you rely on wget's defaults which *might* change in future versions (of course we wouldn't do so without a good reason). [Sorry, that isn't documented as I just see - has to be fixed] On production systems you want a stable behavior. So it might be good not to rely on global config files that may be changed by you or someone else (e.g. a system update might change /etc/wgetrc). In this case either 2. or 3. seems a wise choice. > > Thanks a bunch! > -linda With Best Regards, Tim
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