Hack Kampbjørn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Harry Putnam wrote:
[...]
>
> `-X LIST'
> `--exclude LIST'
> `exclude_directories = LIST'
> `-X' option is exactly the reverse of `-I'--this is a list of
> directories _excluded_ from the download. E.g. if you do not want
> Wget to download things from `/cgi-bin' directory, specify `-X
> /cgi-bin' on the command line.
>
> The same as with `-A'/`-R', these two options can be combined to
> get a better fine-tuning of downloading subdirectories. E.g. if
> you want to load all the files from `/pub' hierarchy except for
> `/pub/worthless', specify `-I/pub -X/pub/worthless'.
>
> Ah, it isn't that clearly said that it has to be an absolute path. But
> the exemples are all using one. (You're welcome to provide a better
> description for the info pages)
>
> Making some test with wget version 1.6 shows that it works as described.
> Even -X securescan works just as well as -X /securescan. But -X jobs
> will not exclude /about/jobs/...
>
> [hack@DUR0N2000 webs]$ wget -X securescan,i,css,press,jobs -r -l inf
> http://www
> .vigilante.com/
>
I'll hold off writing a patch for info until I fully understand how
this is supposed to work.
Thanks Hack, I'm trying to test this out now. I'd missed the `absolute
path' part. Preliminary trys indicate a problem like this
-X /absolute/path/alpha/, Also excludes /absolute/path/alphaev6/
In a directory that looks like:
SRPMS
alpha
alphae6v
i386
i586
i686
images
noarch
If I wanted to exclude only alpha. It seems one of these lines should
do so:
`-X /absolute/path/alpha/'
or `-X /absolute/path/alpha'
should not exclude them both.
I realize I could force the alphaev6 with the -I operator, but is this
the intent?
I've tested this repeatedly and think this behavior is repeatable.
my command line looks like:
# wget --mirror -nH --cut-dirs=3 -X /redhat/updates/7.0/alpha/\
> -P /mnt/hdc6/7.0up ftp://ftp.redhat.com/redhat/updates/7.0/\
> -a /var/log/wget-7.0up.log
That command line excludes both directories (alpha alphae6v). Probably
not the intent .. or is it.
