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BootProg/fat32: active fat support
author | Pascal Bellard <pascal.bellard@slitaz.org> |
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date | Tue Nov 01 16:13:12 2022 +0000 (2022-11-01) |
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1.1 --- a/wget/description.txt Wed Mar 09 19:55:45 2016 +0200 1.2 +++ b/wget/description.txt Tue Nov 01 16:13:12 2022 +0000 1.3 @@ -1,16 +1,18 @@ 1.4 -Wget is a network utility to retrieve files from the web using HTTP(S) and FTP, 1.5 -the two most widely used internet protocols. It works non-interactively, so it 1.6 -will work in the background, after having logged off. The program supports 1.7 -recursive retrieval of web-authoring pages as well as FTP sites -- you can use 1.8 -Wget to make mirrors of archives and home pages or to travel the web like a WWW 1.9 -robot. 1.10 +Wget is a network utility to retrieve files from the web using HTTP(S) 1.11 +and FTP, the two most widely used internet protocols. 1.12 +It works non-interactively, so it will work in the background, after 1.13 +having logged off. 1.14 +The program supports recursive retrieval of web-authoring pages as well 1.15 +as FTP sites -- you can use wget to make mirrors of archives and home 1.16 +pages or to travel the web like a WWW robot. 1.17 1.18 -Wget works particularly well with slow or unstable connections by continuing to 1.19 -retrieve a document until the document is fully downloaded. Re-getting files 1.20 -from where it left off works on servers (both HTTP and FTP) that support it. 1.21 -Both HTTP and FTP retrievals can be time stamped, so Wget can see if the remote 1.22 -file has changed since the last retrieval and automatically retrieve the new 1.23 -version if it has. 1.24 +Wget works particularly well with slow or unstable connections by 1.25 +continuing to retrieve a document until the document is fully downloaded. 1.26 +Re-getting files from where it left off works on servers (both HTTP and 1.27 +FTP) that support it. 1.28 +Both HTTP and FTP retrievals can be time stamped, so wget can see if the 1.29 +remote file has changed since the last retrieval and automatically 1.30 +retrieve the new version if it has. 1.31 1.32 Wget supports proxy servers; this can lighten the network load, speed up 1.33 retrieval, and provide access behind firewalls.