When processing ftp-symlinks, wget does not look at the linked file to get timestamp and size info. This results into two bugs:
1. in mirror-mode, it will ALWAYS retrieve symlinked files 2. the progress indicator will ALWAYS be wrong, as it matches against the size of the link, not the size of the file itself. For instance: wget -m -np --retr-symlinks --progress=dot \ ftp://mirrors.rcn.net/mirrors/sources.redhat.com/cygwin/release/w32api --10:25:32-- ftp://mirrors.rcn.net/mirrors/sources.redhat.com/cygwin/release/w32api/w32ap i-1.3-2.tar.bz2 => `mirrors.rcn.net/mirrors/sources.redhat.com/cygwin/release/w32api/w32api-1.3 -2.tar.bz2' ==> CWD not required. ==> PORT ... done. ==> RETR w32api-1.3-2.tar.bz2 ... done. Length: 40 0K .......... .......... .......... .......... ..........128000% 28.33 KB/s 50K .......... .......... .......... .......... ..........256000% 52.19 KB/s 100K .......... .......... .......... .......... ..........384000% 48.03 KB/s 150K .......... .......... .......... .......... ..........512000% 46.00 KB/s 200K .......... .......... .......... .......... ..........640000% 38.11 KB/s 250K .......... .......... .......... .......... ..........768000% 39.34 KB/s 300K .......... .......... .......... .......... ..........896000% 42.37 KB/s 350K .......... .......... .......... .......... ..........1024000% 46.38 KB/s 400K .......... .......... .......... .......... ..........1152000% 49.41 KB/s 450K .......... .......... .......... .......... ..........1280000% 40.13 KB/s 500K .......... .......... .......... .......... ...... 1399945% 36.83 KB/s 10:25:46 (41.36 KB/s) - `mirrors.rcn.net/mirrors/sources.redhat.com/cygwin/release/w32api/w32api-1.3 -2.tar.bz2' saved [559978] -- Jeroen W. Pluimers - Consultant & Borland Certified Instructor "What you get is All I M" http://www.all-im.com - All Information Management BV
