This seems to work up to and including 259 characters in the filename
(not counting the file extension) on Windows (98).
Alan
----- Original Message -----
From: "Alan Thomas" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Monday, April 02, 2007 10:19 PM
Subject: Cannot write to auto-generated file name
> Is this an operating system issue or wget?
>
> I am using wget version 1.10.2b on Windows 98 and XP. I had this
problem
> on both operating systems. I downloaded the binaries from
> http://www.christopherlewis.com/.
>
> I created and executed the following batch file containing a wget
> command:
>
> wget --convert-links --directory-prefix="C:\Program
> Files\wget\test" --no-clobber --output-file=no_work_logfile.txt
>
"http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&u=/netaht
>
ml/PTO/search-adv.html&r=0&p=1&f=S&l=50&Query=isd/01/01/2000->12/31/2010+and
>
+(aclm/(software+and+hardware)+or+ttl/(software+and+hardware)+or+spec/(softw
> are+and+hardware))&d=PTXT"
>
> In this case, it does not like the automatically-generated filename. The
> following is the resulting logfile:
>
> --21:50:18--
>
http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&u=/netahtml/PTO/search-adv.html&r=0&p=1&f=S&l=50&Query=isd/01/01/2000-%3E12/31/2010+and+(aclm/(software+and+hardware)+or+ttl/(software+and+hardware)+or+spec/(software+and+hardware))&d=PTXT
> => `C:/Program
>
Files/wget/test/[EMAIL PROTECTED]&Sect2=HITOFF&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsea
>
rch-adv.html&r=0&p=1&f=S&l=50&Query=isd%2F01%2F01%2F2000-%3E12%2F31%2F2010+a
>
nd+(aclm%2F(software+and+hardware)+or+ttl%2F(software+and+hardware)+or+spec%
> 2F(software+and+hardware))&d=PTXT'
> Resolving patft.uspto.gov... 151.207.240.33, 151.207.240.26,
151.207.240.23
> Connecting to patft.uspto.gov|151.207.240.33|:80... connected.
> HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 Script results follow
> Length: unspecified [text/html]
> C:/Program
>
Files/wget/test/[EMAIL PROTECTED]&Sect2=HITOFF&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsea
>
rch-adv.html&r=0&p=1&f=S&l=50&Query=isd%2F01%2F01%2F2000-%3E12%2F31%2F2010+a
>
nd+(aclm%2F(software+and+hardware)+or+ttl%2F(software+and+hardware)+or+spec%
> 2F(software+and+hardware))&d=PTXT: No such file or directory
>
> Cannot write to `C:/Program
>
Files/wget/test/[EMAIL PROTECTED]&Sect2=HITOFF&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsea
>
rch-adv.html&r=0&p=1&f=S&l=50&Query=isd%2F01%2F01%2F2000-%3E12%2F31%2F2010+a
>
nd+(aclm%2F(software+and+hardware)+or+ttl%2F(software+and+hardware)+or+spec%
> 2F(software+and+hardware))&d=PTXT' (No such file or directory).
> C:/Program
>
Files/wget/test/[EMAIL PROTECTED]&Sect2=HITOFF&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsea
>
rch-adv.html&r=0&p=1&f=S&l=50&Query=isd%2F01%2F01%2F2000-%3E12%2F31%2F2010+a
>
nd+(aclm%2F(software+and+hardware)+or+ttl%2F(software+and+hardware)+or+spec%
> 2F(software+and+hardware))&d=PTXT: No such file or directory
> Converting C:/Program
>
Files/wget/test/[EMAIL PROTECTED]&Sect2=HITOFF&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsea
>
rch-adv.html&r=0&p=1&f=S&l=50&Query=isd%2F01%2F01%2F2000-%3E12%2F31%2F2010+a
>
nd+(aclm%2F(software+and+hardware)+or+ttl%2F(software+and+hardware)+or+spec%
> 2F(software+and+hardware))&d=PTXT... nothing to do.
> Converted 1 files in 0.000 seconds.
>
> However, when I eliminate the third field (spec) in the request, which
> shortens the length of the filename, like this:
>
> wget --convert-links --directory-prefix="C:\Program
> Files\wget\test" --no-clobber --output-file=works_logfile.txt
>
"http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&u=/netaht
>
ml/PTO/search-adv.html&r=0&p=1&f=S&l=50&Query=isd/01/01/2000->12/31/2010+and
> +(aclm/(software+and+hardware)+or+ttl/(software+and+hardware))&d=PTXT"
>
> it works fine. Its logfile is:
>
> --21:50:06--
>
http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&u=/netahtml/PTO/search-adv.html&r=0&p=1&f=S&l=50&Query=isd/01/01/2000-%3E12/31/2010+an
d+(aclm/(software+and+hardware)+or+ttl/(software+and+hardware))&d=PTXT
> => `C:/Program
>
Files/wget/test/[EMAIL PROTECTED]&Sect2=HITOFF&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsea
>
rch-adv.html&r=0&p=1&f=S&l=50&Query=isd%2F01%2F01%2F2000-%3E12%2F31%2F2010+a
>
nd+(aclm%2F(software+and+hardware)+or+ttl%2F(software+and+hardware))&d=PTXT'
> Resolving patft.uspto.gov... 151.207.240.23, 151.207.240.33,
151.207.240.26
> Connecting to patft.uspto.gov|151.207.240.23|:80... connected.
> HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 Script results follow
> Length: unspecified [text/html]
>
> 0K .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... 63.36 KB/s
> 50K .......... .... 123.64 KB/s
>
> 21:50:12 (71.20 KB/s) - `C:/Program
>
Files/wget/test/[EMAIL PROTECTED]&Sect2=HITOFF&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsea
>
rch-adv.html&r=0&p=1&f=S&l=50&Query=isd%2F01%2F01%2F2000-%3E12%2F31%2F2010+a
>
nd+(aclm%2F(software+and+hardware)+or+ttl%2F(software+and+hardware))&d=PTXT'
> saved [66128]
>
> Converting C:/Program
>
Files/wget/test/[EMAIL PROTECTED]&Sect2=HITOFF&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsea
>
rch-adv.html&r=0&p=1&f=S&l=50&Query=isd%2F01%2F01%2F2000-%3E12%2F31%2F2010+a
>
nd+(aclm%2F(software+and+hardware)+or+ttl%2F(software+and+hardware))&d=PTXT.
> .. 2-178
> Converted 1 files in 0.026 seconds.
>
> The original http request works fine when I use it directly in a
> browser, so that appears OK.
>
> Is this an operating system issue or wget or . . . ?
>
> Perhaps someone could try it on a Unix variant?
>
> Thanks, Alan
>
