This sounds like a difficult page to download because they may be using cookies or session variables. I'm not sure the best way to proceed, but I would look at the wget documentation about cookies. I think you may have to save the cookies that are generated by the login page and use --load-cookie to get the page you are after.

By the way, if you are only after a single page, why not just save it using the browser?

Frank


PoWah Wong wrote:
The website is actually www.informit.com.
It require logging in at
https://secure.safaribooksonline.com/promo.asp?code=ITT03&portal=informit&a=0
After logging in, then the website becomes similar to
booksonline.com which I edit slightly.
My public library's electronic access which also
require logging in.


--- Frank McCown <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:


Putting quotes around the url got rid of your
"Invalid parameter" errors.

I just tried accessing the url you are trying to
wget and received an http 500 response. I also tried accessing http://proquest.booksonline.com/ and never got a
response.

According to your output, wget got back a 0 length
response. I would check your web server and make sure it is working
properly.

Frank


PoWah Wong wrote:

I put "quotes" around the url, but it still does

not

work.

C:\book>"C:\Program Files\wget\wget.exe"


"http://proquest.booksonline.com/?x=1&mode=section&so

rtKey=title&sortOrder=asc&view=&xmlid=0-321-16076-2/ch03lev1sec1&g=&catid=&s=1&b=1&f=1&t=1&c=1&u=1&r

=&o=1&n=1&d=1&p=1&a=0&page=0"
--22:45:26--

http://proquest.booksonline.com/?x=1&mode=section&sortKey=title&sortOrder=asc&vi

ew=&xmlid=0-321-16076-2/ch03lev1sec1&g=&catid=&s=1&b=1&f=1&t=1&c=1&u=1&r=&o=1&n=1&d=1&p=1&a=0&page=0

          =>

[EMAIL 
PROTECTED]&mode=section&sortKey=title&sortOrder=asc&view=&xmlid=0-321-16076-2%2Fc

h03lev1sec1&g=&catid=&s=1&b=1&f=1&t=1&c=1&u=1&r=&o=1&n=1&d=1&p=1&a=0&page=0'

Resolving proquest.booksonline.com...

193.194.158.201

Connecting to
proquest.booksonline.com|193.194.158.201|:80...
connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
Length: 0 [text/html]

[ <=>

      ] 0             --.--K/s

22:45:27 (0.00 B/s) -


[EMAIL PROTECTED]&mode=section&sortKey=title&sortOrder=asc&view=&xmlid=0-321-160

76-2%2Fch03lev1sec1&g=&catid=&s=1&b=1&f=1&t=1&c=1&u=1&r=&o=1&n=1&d=1&p=1&a=0&page=0'

saved [0/0]


C:\book>"C:\Program Files\wget\wget.exe"


"http://proquest.booksonline.com/?x=1&mode=section&so

rtKey=title&sortOrder=asc&view=&xmlid=0-321-16076-2/ch03lev1sec1&g=&catid=&s=1&b=1&f=1&t=1&c=1&u=1&r

=&o=1&n=1&d=1&p=1&a=0&page=0"
--22:46:59--

http://proquest.booksonline.com/?x=1&mode=section&sortKey=title&sortOrder=asc&vi

ew=&xmlid=0-321-16076-2/ch03lev1sec1&g=&catid=&s=1&b=1&f=1&t=1&c=1&u=1&r=&o=1&n=1&d=1&p=1&a=0&page=0

          =>

[EMAIL 
PROTECTED]&mode=section&sortKey=title&sortOrder=asc&view=&xmlid=0-321-16076-2%2Fc

h03lev1sec1&g=&catid=&s=1&b=1&f=1&t=1&c=1&u=1&r=&o=1&n=1&d=1&p=1&a=0&page=0'

Resolving proquest.booksonline.com...

193.194.158.201

Connecting to
proquest.booksonline.com|193.194.158.201|:80...
connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
Length: 0 [text/html]

[ <=>

      ] 0             --.--K/s

22:46:59 (0.00 B/s) -


[EMAIL PROTECTED]&mode=section&sortKey=title&sortOrder=asc&view=&xmlid=0-321-160

76-2%2Fch03lev1sec1&g=&catid=&s=1&b=1&f=1&t=1&c=1&u=1&r=&o=1&n=1&d=1&p=1&a=0&page=0'

saved [0/0]


C:\book>"C:\Program Files\wget\wget.exe"


"http://proquest.booksonline.com/?x=1%26mode=section%

26sortKey=title%26sortOrder=asc%26view=%26xmlid=0-321-16076-2/ch03lev1sec1%26g=%26catid=%26s=1%26b=1

%26f=1%26t=1%26c=1%26u=1%26r=%26o=1%26n=1%26d=1%26p=1%26a=0%26page=0"

--22:47:45--

http://proquest.booksonline.com/?x=1%26mode=section%26sortKey=title%26sortOrder=

asc%26view=%26xmlid=0-321-16076-2/ch03lev1sec1%26g=%26catid=%26s=1%26b=1%26f=1%26t=1%26c=1%26u=1%26r

=%26o=1%26n=1%26d=1%26p=1%26a=0%26page=0
          =>

[EMAIL 
PROTECTED]&mode=section&sortKey=title&sortOrder=asc&view=&xmlid=0-321-16076-2%2Fc

h03lev1sec1&g=&catid=&s=1&b=1&f=1&t=1&c=1&u=1&r=&o=1&n=1&d=1&p=1&a=0&page=0'

Resolving proquest.booksonline.com...

193.194.158.201

Connecting to
proquest.booksonline.com|193.194.158.201|:80...
connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
Length: 0 [text/html]

[ <=>

      ] 0             --.--K/s

22:47:46 (0.00 B/s) -


[EMAIL PROTECTED]&mode=section&sortKey=title&sortOrder=asc&view=&xmlid=0-321-160

76-2%2Fch03lev1sec1&g=&catid=&s=1&b=1&f=1&t=1&c=1&u=1&r=&o=1&n=1&d=1&p=1&a=0&page=0'

saved [0/0]


--- Frank McCown <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:



I think you need to put "quotes" around the url.


PoWah Wong wrote:


The file I want to get is


"http://proquest.booksonline.com/JVXSL.asp?x=1&mode=section&sortKey=rank&sortOrder=desc&view=book&xmlid=0-321-16076-2/ch02&g=&srchText=object+oriented&code=&h=&m=&l=1&catid=&s=1&b=1&f=1&t=1&c=1&u=1&r=&o=1&n=1&d=1&p=1&a=0&page=0";

I opened an MSDOS console on Windows XP.

I tried:
"C:\Program Files\wget\wget.exe"


http://proquest.booksonline.com/JVXSL.asp?x=1&mode=section&sortKey=rank&sortOrder=desc&view=book&xmlid=0-321-16076-2/ch02&g=&srchText=object+oriented&cod


e=&h=&m=&l=1&catid=&s=1&b=1&f=1&t=1&c=1&u=1&r=&o=1&n=1&d=1&p=1&a=0&page=0

--05:33:34-- http://proquest.booksonline.com/JVXSL.asp?x=1
         => [EMAIL PROTECTED]'
Resolving proquest.booksonline.com...

193.194.158.201


Connecting to
proquest.booksonline.com|193.194.158.201|:80...
connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
Length: 0 [text/html]

[ <=>


     ] 0             --.--K/s

05:33:34 (0.00 B/s) - [EMAIL PROTECTED]' saved [0/0]

Invalid parameter - =section
'sortKey' is not recognized as an internal or

external


command,
operable program or batch file.
'sortOrder' is not recognized as an internal or
external command,
operable program or batch file.
'view' is not recognized as an internal or

external


command,
operable program or batch file.
'xmlid' is not recognized as an internal or

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