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-)

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