Bug#546375: 'wget -r -nv' is overly verbose

2009-09-17 Thread Hamish
Hamish wrote: when using wget with the -r and -O options you get a warning message: WARNING: combining -O with -r or -p will mean that all downloaded content will be placed in the single file you specified. (in this case I used -O excactly to get that behaviour [to force an

Bug#546375: 'wget -r -nv' is overly verbose

2009-09-17 Thread Micah Cowan
Hamish wrote: Yes, I'm just downloading a single file. I'm not interested in the recursive nature of -r, I'm only interested in the overwriting nature of it. I want to download the latest version of the file in place and have it immediately go live. snip So I guess I'd use `

Bug#546375: 'wget -r -nv' is overly verbose

2009-09-17 Thread Hamish
Micah wrote: -O/--output-document always overwrites, and never does the unique name thing. It works exactly like a shell redirection would (that is, like your example just above), except that it does check for pre-existing files if you specify --no-clobber (and if it exists, it won't bother

Bug#546375: 'wget -r -nv' is overly verbose

2009-09-12 Thread Hamish
Package: wget Version: 1.11.4-2 Severity: minor Hi, when using wget with the -r and -O options you get a warning message: WARNING: combining -O with -r or -p will mean that all downloaded content will be placed in the single file you specified. (in this case I used -O excactly to get that

Bug#546375: 'wget -r -nv' is overly verbose

2009-09-12 Thread Micah Cowan
Hamish wrote: Package: wget Version: 1.11.4-2 Severity: minor Hi, when using wget with the -r and -O options you get a warning message: WARNING: combining -O with -r or -p will mean that all downloaded content will be placed in the single file you specified. (in this case I used