Wget
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Wget
http://www.gnu.org/software/wget/
Wget is a network utility to retrieve files from the Web using http and ftp, the two most widely used Internet protocols. It works non-interactively, so it will work in the background, after having logged off. The program supports recursive retrieval of web-authoring pages as well as ftp sites-- you can use wget to make mirrors of archives and home pages or to travel the Web like a WWW robot. Wget works particularly well with slow or unstable connections by continuing to retrieve a document until the document is fully downloaded. Re-getting files from where it left off works on servers (both http and ftp) that support it. Both http and ftp retrievals can be time stamped, so wget can see if the remote file has changed since the last retrieval and automatically retrieve the new version if it has. Wget supports proxy servers; this can lighten the network load, speed up retrieval, and provide access behind firewalls.
Documentation
User reference manual available in HTML, Info, ASCII, TeX dvi, PostScript, and Texinfo formats from http://www.gnu.org/software/wget/manual/
Related Projects
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version 1.12
(stable)
released on 22 September 2009
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Licensing
| License | Verified by | Verified on | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| GPLv2orlater with exception | Kelly Hopkins | 24 September 2009 | |
| GPLv3orlater with exception | Kelly Hopkins | 24 September 2009 |
Leaders and contributors
| Contact(s) | Role |
|---|---|
| Micah Cowan | Maintainer |
Resources and communication
| Audience | Resource type | URI |
|---|---|---|
| Developer | VCS Repository Webview | http://hg.addictivecode.org/ |
| Bug Tracking,Developer,Help,Support | mailto:bug-wget@gnu.org |
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This entry (in part or in whole) was last reviewed on 16 March 2012.
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