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|Name=Wget
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|Name=GNU Wget
 
|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.
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|Full description='''Wget''' is a free utility for non-interactive download of files from the Web.  It supports HTTP, HTTPS, and FTP protocols, as well as retrieval through HTTP proxies.
|Homepage URL=http://www.gnu.org/software/wget/
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|Is GNU=Yes
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It can follow links in HTML pages and create local versions of remote web sites, fully recreating the directory structure of the original site.  This is sometimes referred to as "recursive downloading." While doing that, Wget respects the Robot Exclusion Standard (''/robots.txt''). Wget can be instructed to convert the links in downloaded HTML files to the local files for offline viewing.
|GNU package identifier=wget
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Recursive downloading also works with FTP, where Wget can retrieves a hierarchy of directories and files.
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With both HTTP and FTP, Wget can check whether a remote file has changed on the server since the previous run, and only download the newer files.
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Wget has been designed for robustness over slow or unstable network connections; if a download fails due to a network problem, it will keep retrying until the whole file has been retrieved.  If the server supports ''re-getting'', it will instruct the server to continue the download from where it left off.  
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Wget supports proxy servers; this can lighten the network load, speed up retrieval, and provide access behind firewalls.
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|Homepage URL=https://www.gnu.org/software/wget/
 
|User level=intermediate
 
|User level=intermediate
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|VCS checkout command=git clone git://git.sv.gnu.org/wget.git
 
|Computer languages=C
 
|Computer languages=C
|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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|Documentation note=User reference manual available in HTML, Info, ASCII, TeX dvi, PostScript, and Texinfo formats from https://www.gnu.org/software/wget/manual/.
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|IRC general=irc://irc.freenode.net/#wget
 
|Related projects=Checkurls,cURL,fget,Ftpcopy,Kernin,KMAGO,Larbin,MH-E,Sirobot,Sitecopy,Wget4web,Wget_Script_generator,wmget,Gwget
 
|Related projects=Checkurls,cURL,fget,Ftpcopy,Kernin,KMAGO,Larbin,MH-E,Sirobot,Sitecopy,Wget4web,Wget_Script_generator,wmget,Gwget
 
|Keywords=FTP,Internet,download,wget,file management,WWW,mirror
 
|Keywords=FTP,Internet,download,wget,file management,WWW,mirror
|Version identifier=1.12
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|Version identifier=1.19.1
|Version date=2009/09/22
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|Version date=2017/02/11
 
|Version status=stable
 
|Version status=stable
|Version download=http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/wget/wget-1.12.tar.bz2
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|Version download=https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/wget/wget-1.19.1.tar.xz
|Last review by=Matt Lee
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|Last review by=Genium
|Last review date=2012/03/16
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|Last review date=2017/02/15
 
|Submitted by=Database conversion
 
|Submitted by=Database conversion
 
|Submitted date=2011-04-01
 
|Submitted date=2011-04-01
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|Status=
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|Is GNU=Yes
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|GNU package identifier=wget
 
|License verified date=2009-09-24
 
|License verified date=2009-09-24
 
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{{Project license
 
{{Project license
|License=GPLv2orlater with exception
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|License=GPLv3orlater with exception
 
|License verified by=Kelly Hopkins
 
|License verified by=Kelly Hopkins
 
|License verified date=2009-09-24
 
|License verified date=2009-09-24
 
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{{Project license
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{{Person
|License=GPLv3orlater with exception
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|Real name=Giuseppe Scrivano
|License verified by=Kelly Hopkins
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|Role=Current maintainer
|License verified date=2009-09-24
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|Email=gscrivano@gnu.org
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|Resource URL=
 
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{{Person
 
{{Person
 
|Real name=Micah Cowan
 
|Real name=Micah Cowan
|Role=Maintainer
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|Role=Maintainer from mid-2007 to mid-2010
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|Resource URL=
 
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{{Resource
 
{{Resource
 
|Resource audience=Developer
 
|Resource audience=Developer
 
|Resource kind=VCS Repository Webview
 
|Resource kind=VCS Repository Webview
|Resource URL=http://hg.addictivecode.org/
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|Resource URL=http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/wget.git
 
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{{Resource
 
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|Resource kind=E-mail
 
|Resource kind=E-mail
 
|Resource URL=mailto:bug-wget@gnu.org
 
|Resource URL=mailto:bug-wget@gnu.org
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{{Resource
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|Resource audience=Bug Tracking,Developer,Help,Support
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|Resource kind=Mailing List Subscribe
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|Resource URL=http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-wget
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{{Resource
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|Resource audience=Bug Tracking,Developer,Help,Support
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|Resource kind=Newsgroup
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|Resource URL=http://news.gmane.org/gmane.comp.web.wget.general
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{{Resource
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|Resource audience=Developer
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|Resource kind=Download
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|Resource URL=http://ftpmirror.gnu.org/wget/
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{{Resource
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|Resource audience=Wiki
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|Resource kind=Homepage
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|Resource URL=http://wget.addictivecode.org/
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{{Resource
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|Resource audience=Guix
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|Resource kind=Homepage
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|Resource URL=https://www.gnu.org/software/guix/packages/w.html
 
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{{Software category
 
{{Software category
 
|Interface=command-line
 
|Interface=command-line
 
|Internet-application=tool
 
|Internet-application=tool
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|Programming-language=C
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|Runs-on=BSD, GNU/Linux, GNU/Hurd
 
|Use=internet-application
 
|Use=internet-application
 
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Revision as of 02:55, 15 February 2017


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GNU Wget

https://www.gnu.org/software/wget/
Retrieves files from the Web.

Wget is a utility for non-interactive download of files from the Web. It supports HTTP, HTTPS, and FTP protocols, as well as retrieval through HTTP proxies.

It can follow links in HTML pages and create local versions of remote web sites, fully recreating the directory structure of the original site. This is sometimes referred to as "recursive downloading." While doing that, Wget respects the Robot Exclusion Standard (/robots.txt). Wget can be instructed to convert the links in downloaded HTML files to the local files for offline viewing.

Recursive downloading also works with FTP, where Wget can retrieves a hierarchy of directories and files.

With both HTTP and FTP, Wget can check whether a remote file has changed on the server since the previous run, and only download the newer files.

Wget has been designed for robustness over slow or unstable network connections; if a download fails due to a network problem, it will keep retrying until the whole file has been retrieved. If the server supports re-getting, it will instruct the server to continue the download from where it left off.

Wget supports proxy servers; this can lighten the network load, speed up retrieval, and provide access behind firewalls.





Licensing

License

Verified by

Verified on

Notes

Verified by

Bendikker

Verified on

2 May 2018

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Bendikker

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2 May 2018




Leaders and contributors

Contact(s)Role
Tim Rühsen maintainer
Giuseppe Scrivano maintainer
Ander Juaristi contributor
Darshit Shah maintainer


Resources and communication

AudienceResource typeURI
Generalhttps://savannah.gnu.org/people/
Debian (Ref)https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/wget
Savannah (Ref)https://savannah.gnu.org/projects/wget/
Mailing Listhttps://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/wget-dev/
Mailing Listhttps://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/gnu-system-discuss/
Downloadhttps://ftp.gnu.org/old-gnu/wget/
VCS Repository Webviewhttps://gitlab.com/gnuwget/wget2/
Downloadhttps://alpha.gnu.org/gnu/wget/
Debian (Ref) (R)https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/wget2
Mailing Listhttps://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-wget/
Generalhttps://translationproject.org/domain/wget.html
VCS Repository Webviewhttps://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/wget.git/
Downloadhttps://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/wget/


Software prerequisites




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"Current maintainer" is not in the list (Maintainer, Contributor, Developer, Sponsor, Unknown) of allowed values for the "Role" property.



"Maintainer from mid-2007 to mid-2010" is not in the list (Maintainer, Contributor, Developer, Sponsor, Unknown) of allowed values for the "Role" property.












"Wiki" is not in the list (General, Help, Bug Tracking, Support, Developer) of allowed values for the "Resource audience" property.


"Guix" is not in the list (General, Help, Bug Tracking, Support, Developer) of allowed values for the "Resource audience" property.








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