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| author | Hans-G?nter Theisgen |
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| date | Wed Oct 23 16:19:52 2024 +0100 (4 weeks ago) |
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1 Wget is a network utility to retrieve files from the web using HTTP(S)
2 and FTP, the two most widely used internet protocols.
3 It works non-interactively, so it will work in the background, after
4 having logged off.
5 The program supports recursive retrieval of web-authoring pages as well
6 as FTP sites -- you can use wget to make mirrors of archives and home
7 pages or to travel the web like a WWW robot.
9 Wget works particularly well with slow or unstable connections by
10 continuing to retrieve a document until the document is fully downloaded.
11 Re-getting files from where it left off works on servers (both HTTP and
12 FTP) that support it.
13 Both HTTP and FTP retrievals can be time stamped, so wget can see if the
14 remote file has changed since the last retrieval and automatically
15 retrieve the new version if it has.
17 Wget supports proxy servers; this can lighten the network load, speed up
18 retrieval, and provide access behind firewalls.