Thanks Ian, What I'm looking for is something like the way FTP_Lite operates,
Can I nominate a single log file in the wgetrc for use by all the wget processes that spawn off from my bash ? rgds mike At 11:35 AM 8/1/2002 -0000, you wrote: >On 8 Jan 2002 at 14:22, Mike wrote: > >> Is there a way to generate a simple logfile which just >> has:- >> >> Date, URL, saved successfully > >The closest you can get to what you want is to use the -nv >(--non-verbose) command-line parameter. > >> For subsequent uses of wget, such that I can say issue >> wget from the command line such as:- >> >> wget -b http://www.domain.com/file1.zip >> wget -b http://www.domain2.com/subdir/file2.zip >> wget -b ftp://server.net/subdir1/subdir2/file3.zip > >Well each of those is a separate command and will create separate >log files. If you want them all to go in the same log file, you >could specify all three URLs on the command line or list them in a >file and use the -i FILE (--input-file=FILE) option. > >> I take it I would have to put my own wgetrc in my directory to supersede the >> system one as wget is on an ISP's system directory and I don't have my own >> wget, > >Yes, you can have a .wgetrc file in your home directory if you >want. You can also fake wgetrc commands using the -e COMMAND >(--execute=COMMAND) command line parameters. > >> I'm just not that acquainted with linux/unix and not sure how to coinfigure >> the >> wgetrc or if I should use a command line switch instead ? > >See how you get on using -nv for now! > > >
