jida...@jidanni.org writes:
> $ wwwoffle URL always gets a fresh copy from the net, but doesn't put
> it on stdout. #Full yank, 2 line spray
> $ wwwoffle -o URL only gets a fresh copy from the net but e.g., only once a
> day, but
> does put it on stdout. #Frugal yank, big spray
>
> Therefore if one wants a combination, one must do
> $ wwwoffle -o URL > /dev/null #Frugal yank, no spray
> Alas, must send the bytes to /dev/null, as no exact options are available.
>
> and
>
> $ wwwoffle URL > /dev/null; wwwoffle -o URL #Full yank, big spray
> I'd say that -f -o should be allowed.
wwwoffle URL ...
This requests one or more URLs in just the same way as if they had
been requested by a browser. Further sub-options are allowed to force
the requesting of pages and requesting recursive fetches.
wwwoffle -o URL
This outputs the contents of exactly one URL and bypasses the HTML
modification functions of WWWOFFLE; in other words not the same as a
browser would see.
One function that does the two things (request and output) is only
sensible for a limited set of cases.
You can always use wget if you want to fetch the page and output the
contents. I don't see why the wwwoffle program should need to
replicate the function of wget; it has its own special WWWOFFLE
specific functions already.
--
Andrew.
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http://www.gedanken.demon.co.uk/
WWWOFFLE users page:
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