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|Short description=Retrieves files from the Web
 
|Short description=Retrieves files from the Web
 
|Full description=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.
 
|Full description=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.
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|Homepage URL=http://www.gnu.org/software/wget/
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|Is GNU=Yes
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|GNU package identifier=wget
 
|User level=intermediate
 
|User level=intermediate
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|Computer languages=C
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|Documentation note=User reference manual available in HTML, Info, ASCII, TeX dvi, PostScript, and Texinfo formats from http://www.gnu.org/software/wget/manual/
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|Related projects=Checkurls,cURL,fget,Ftpcopy,Kernin,KMAGO,Larbin,MH-E,Sirobot,Sitecopy,Wget4web,Wget_Script_generator,wmget,Gwget
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|Keywords=FTP,Internet,download,wget,file management,WWW,mirror
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|Version identifier=1.13.4
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|Version date=2011/09/17
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|Version status=stable
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|Version download=http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/wget/wget-1.13.4.tar.xz
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|Last review by=Matt Lee
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|Last review date=2012/03/16
 
|Submitted by=Database conversion
 
|Submitted by=Database conversion
 
|Submitted date=2011-04-01
 
|Submitted date=2011-04-01
|Version identifier=1.10.2
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|License verified date=2009-09-24
|Version date=2005-10-13
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}}
|Version status=stable
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{{Project license
|Version download=http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/wget/wget-1.10.2.tar.gz
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|License=GPLv3orlater with exception
|License verified date=2003-10-22
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|License verified by=Kelly Hopkins
|Version comment=1.10.2 stable released 2005-10-13
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|License verified date=2009-09-24
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}}
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{{Person
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|Real name=Micah Cowan
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|Role=Maintainer
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}}
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{{Resource
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|Resource audience=Developer
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|Resource kind=VCS Repository Webview
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|Resource URL=http://bzr.savannah.gnu.org/lh/wget
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}}
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{{Resource
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|Resource audience=Bug Tracking,Developer,Help,Support
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|Resource kind=E-mail
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|Resource URL=mailto:bug-wget@gnu.org
 
}}
 
}}
 
{{Software category
 
{{Software category
 
|Interface=command-line
 
|Interface=command-line
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|Internet-application=tool
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|Use=internet-application
 
}}
 
}}
{{Project license
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{{Featured}}
|License=GPLv2orlater with Open SSL exception
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|License verified by=Aaron Hawley
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|License verified date=2003-10-22
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Latest revision as of 02:31, 4 July 2012



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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

Heckert gnu.small.png This is a GNU package:wget

Download

Download External-link-icon.png version 1.13.4 (stable)
released on 17 September 2011

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Licensing

LicenseVerified byVerified onNotes
GPLv3orlater with exceptionKelly Hopkins24 September 2009



Leaders and contributors

Contact(s)Role
Micah CowanMaintainer


Resources and communication

Audience Resource type URI
Developer VCS Repository Webview http://bzr.savannah.gnu.org/lh/wget
Bug Tracking,Developer,Help,Support E-mail mailto:bug-wget@gnu.org


Software prerequisites

This entry (in part or in whole) was last reviewed on 16 March 2012.



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