That's the way wget works. It uses the name "index.html" since that is frequently the default on web servers, but what it is _really_ doing is asking the server for a directory listing, and stuffing the output of that into a local file named index.html.
I would suggest re-running your command with the "-d" option, and reporting your problem to [EMAIL PROTECTED] You might also want to mention if you're behind a proxy or firewall, if the wget command is from Cygwin or the "native" Windows version H. Heiko provides, etc., etc. Mark Post -----Original Message----- From: Linux on 390 Port [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Romanowski, John (OFT) Sent: Tuesday, October 12, 2004 2:05 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Need help with wget for Yast Online Update My apologies to John Mckown, I attributed his response to Mark Post (I was getting this list in digest format instead of individual emails and messed up in cut/pasting a response to John's reply. Sorry.) To Mark Post: I tried your wget command parameters but get my same problem: wget looks for a non-existent "index.html" at each url I give it, doesn't find it and gives up. I would like wget to just go out and download the contents of the directories instead of getting an index.html file and following its links. I've read the wget manual and can't figure out what options make it do what I want. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390
