On 31 Jan 2002 at 15:20, Ian Abbott wrote:

> On 31 Jan 2002 at 9:25, Fred Holmes wrote:
> 
> > wget -N http://www.karenware.com/progs/*.*
> > 
> > fails with a "not found" whether the filespec is * or *.*
> > 
> > The * syntax works just fine with ftp
> > 
> > Is there a syntax that will get all files with http?
> 
> You could try
> 
>   wget -m -l 1 -n http://www.karenware.com/progs/

A slight correction, that should read:

   wget -m -l 1 -nd http://www.karenware.com/progs/
> 
> but it will only do what you want if the web server sends back a
> HTML-format directory listing (complete with links to each file),
> rather than some other document.

I should also point out that there is no way Wget or any other
http-client can force the web server to send back a directory
listing. It will send back what it has been configured to send
back - possibly even a "403 Forbidden" error.

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