Harry Putnam wrote:
>
> Wget 1.7-dev
> ************
> `-m'
> `--mirror'
> Turn on options suitable for mirroring. This option turns on
> recursion and time-stamping, sets infinite recursion depth and
> keeps FTP directory listings. It is currently equivalent to `-r
> -N -l inf -nr'.
> ^^^
>
> I couldn't find any other reference to it.
>
> And a question on usage:
>
> Can I direct the output of wget when mirroring to a directory of
> choice? Or is it necessary to cd to desired directory?
>
> I'm not finding the proper index search key to discover that information.
[hack@DUR0N2000 wget]$ wget --help
GNU Wget 1.6, a non-interactive network retriever.
[...]
Directories:
-nd --no-directories don't create directories.
-x, --force-directories force creation of directories.
-nH, --no-host-directories don't create host directories.
-P, --directory-prefix=PREFIX save files to PREFIX/...
--cut-dirs=NUMBER ignore NUMBER remote directory
components.
Now that you know what to look for, the info pages may more
"informative" that this.
Hack 8-)