Hi, we know this. This was just recently discussed on the mailinglist and I agree with you. But there are two arguments why this is not default: a) It's a quite new feature for wget and therefore would brake compatibility with prior versions and any "old" script would need to be rewritten. b) It's impossible to pre-guess the filename and thus it is not so well suited for script-usage.
I would like to have this feature enabled by some "--interactive" switch (which could include more options and might be easier to find) or as you suggested as default with an disable switch. Greetings Matthias Vladimir Niksic wrote: > I have noticed that wget doesn't automatically use the option > '--content-disposition'. So what happens is when you download something > from a site that uses content disposition, the resulting file on the > filesystem is not what it should be. > I realize that I could put this option in .wgetrc, but I think that it > would be better if this was the default because the majority of users is > unaware of this option, and cannot hope to find it unless acquainted > with the inner mechanics of HTTP. Also, it's nearly impossible to find. > I've been googling it and finally managed to dig it up from the > documentation. >
