-wait sets a general interval used as a default aiting time, both between successfull downloads and after disconnects.
However if --waitretry is set to a different value, the -wait time is used only after successfull downloads; after disconnects wget retries immedeatly, after the second disconnect it waits for 1 second, then 2 seconds, and so on in a linear fashion until it reaches and stays at the --waitretry value. After a successfull download it waits the -wait time and resets to 0 the current --waitretry timeout. In this way you can set the -wait time to a low value ( 0 for max speed ) in order to download at the max rate if there are no connection problems; however, if there are some (remote server overloaded ? ), the waitretry kicks in and inserts longer and longer waits (until maxing out at the waitretry time) in order to not hammer the site too much. Heiko -- -- PREVINET S.p.A. [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Via Ferretto, 1 ph x39-041-5907073 -- I-31021 Mogliano V.to (TV) fax x39-041-5907087 -- ITALY >-----Original Message----- >From: SoloCDM [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] >Sent: Sunday, October 28, 2001 12:05 PM >To: WGet >Subject: Setting Interval > > >What option sets the interval time when wget stops downloading from >a disconnection, but restarts (after waiting a default length of >time) when the connection is reestablished? > >-- >Note: When you reply to this message, please include the mailing > list/newsgroup address and my email address in To:. > >********************************************************************* >Signed, >SoloCDM >
