Yes, it is recursive :/ IDK why in that case everything is downloaded and can't be rejected :(
On 10/17/21, Tim Rühsen <[email protected]> wrote: > On 12.10.21 16:55, Gabriele Zaverio wrote: >> Hi there, >> >> Writing about wget --reject. >> >> When using it, wget actually download(!!!) the file, and THEN delete it. >> >> I think this is wrong. It must not download it at all. >> >> Can this be a bug / be corrected? >> >> Thank you > > Are you using wget in recursive mode ? In this case all HTMl files are > downloaded first (to get parsed for more URLs). After that, the file > will be removed if it fits into the reject pattern. > > Can you provide an example command line just to see if this is the case > ? If not, it's likely a bug. > > Regards, Tim > > -- 73 de IW9HGS - Gabriele "Asbesto Molesto" Zaverio Museo dell'Informatica funzionante - Freaknet Computer Museum http://museum.freaknet.org || http://freaknet.org/asbesto GPG Fingerprint: 8935 5586 7F2D 9C5E 51B6 BBC5 EA15 9A4E 613D 44D7
