Thanks Hrvoje, Yes, --backups does seem to be what I want.
However, when I run the following command-line: wget -m --backups -A gif,jpg,js,inc,css -o wget.log ftp://userid:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/dir1/dir2 It returns: wget: backups: Invalid specification `-A'. It seems like it's expecting something to come after --backups because whatever I put after the --backups switch, it complains: wget: backups: Invalid specification `-o'. or even: wget: backups: Invalid specification `*.*'. Is there more that should follow this switch? Are there other switches it's incompatible with? Is there 'documentation' in terms of past discussions on this option? Thanks for your help, Dan --- Hrvoje Niksic <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Dan LeGate <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > What I'm wanting to do is Mirror a site, but keep > backups of any > > local files that get replaced because newer > versions are being > > downloaded. > > You might want to try the undocumented option > `--backups', which does > what you want, i.e. forces the use of numbered > backups. > > Hmm. Why is that option undocumented? It seems > useful in this case, > and, as far as I can tell, it works correctly. > > > Upon reading the documentation again, I think I > originally > > misunderstood the file.1, file.2 renaming scheme. > > > > I *thought* what happened was if a newer file > exists on the remote > > server, the local copy would first be renamed to > file.1 and the > > newer copy would be downloaded in its place. > > That's what happens when you use `--backups'. > Normally, the local > copy is overwritten by the new copy. > > > Instead, it looks like the newer copy gets pulled > down as file.1 and > > then file.2, if I'm reading the following from the > documentation > > correctly: > > Umm, no. -N turns off the numbered backups, which > means that the file > is either not downloaded or is overwritten, > depending on whether the > local file is older than the remote file or not. > > > "When running Wget without -N, -nc, or -r, > > downloading the same > > file in the same directory will result in the > > original copy of > > file being preserved and the second copy being > > named file.1. If > > that file is downloaded yet again, the third > copy > > will be named > > file.2, and so on." > > "Without -N" is the key phrase. > > > I was hoping for this to be the local copy being > renamed and the > > newer file taking its place. Am I reading this > right? > > You're not, but `--backups' does seem to do what you > want. Let us > know if it works for you. > __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Finance: Get your refund fast by filing online. http://taxes.yahoo.com/filing.html
