Hi!
I have noticed that wget doesn't automatically use the option
'--content-disposition'. So what happens is when you download something
from a site that uses content disposition, the resulting file on the
filesystem is not what it should be.
For example, when downloading an Ubuntu torrent from mininova I get:
{uragan}[~/tmp]$ wget http://www.mininova.org/get/946879
--2007-12-03 15:58:46-- http://www.mininova.org/get/946879
Resolving www.mininova.org... 87.233.147.140
Connecting to www.mininova.org|87.233.147.140|:80... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
Length: 28064 (27K) [application/x-bittorrent]
Saving to: `946879'
100%[============================================================>]
28,064 87.0K/s in 0.3s
2007-12-03 15:58:47 (87.0 KB/s) - `946879' saved [28064/28064]
When use the option --content-disposition:
{uragan}[~/tmp]$ wget --content-disposition
http://www.mininova.org/get/946879
--2007-12-03 15:59:18-- http://www.mininova.org/get/946879
Resolving www.mininova.org... 87.233.147.140
Connecting to www.mininova.org|87.233.147.140|:80... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
Length: 0 [application/x-bittorrent]
--2007-12-03 15:59:18-- http://www.mininova.org/get/946879
Connecting to www.mininova.org|87.233.147.140|:80... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
Length: 28064 (27K) [application/x-bittorrent]
Saving to: `-{mininova.org}- ubuntu-7.10-desktop-i386.iso.torrent'
100%[============================================================>]
28,064 47.8K/s in 0.6s
2007-12-03 15:59:19 (47.8 KB/s) - `-{mininova.org}-
ubuntu-7.10-desktop-i386.iso.torrent' saved [28064/28064]
I realize that I could put this option in .wgetrc, but I think that it
would be better if this was the default because the majority of users is
unaware of this option, and cannot hope to find it unless acquainted
with the inner mechanics of HTTP. Also, it's nearly impossible to find.
I've been googling it and finally managed to dig it up from the
documentation.
