"Dan Harkless" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Harry Putnam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> > Can wget be made to perform like a real mirror. Complete with a
> > delete option that removes local files that aren't on the source?
>
> You might want to check the TODO file before requesting features. This is
> in there.
Shouldn't that file be part of info? Then an `i' or `s' search on
`delete' or `mirror' would have found it within a few hits.
People that install wget from rpm may not think to look in the source
directory since there really isn't one. It would end up in
/usr/doc/wget/TODO. Findable for the thinking searcher yes, but
included in info would mean any search technique would find it.
I didn't request a feature. I just assumed something called --mirror
would be capable of mirroring. I thought I just wasn't finding the
documentation. But in fact, without that capability, the term
mirror is at best misleading if not incorrect.
I noticed a TODO item about moving toward the `package' type setup
that `mirror' uses. At present wget is far more usefull than `mirror'
even without the delete capability. But what really seems better is
that wget is far more tenacious. When a link gets dropped with
`mirror' you are just out of luck with out special scripting. Also
true of another sturdy little tool called `mirrordir'.
It even seems the download speeds are a good bit faster. Is that
possible or am I just seeing congestion or something?
Another aspect that makes wget easier to use is the info file. Both
the others have lots of documentation but it isn't as searchable or
well written.
