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hi not sure if this is the right place to ask this question but here goes...
im currently having problems mirroring a web site with wget (or any other program for that mater). I have used wget many times before without any problem so i dont think its anything i am doing wrong. All that happens is it only grabs the first page (index.html).
the command i use in this case is:

Code:

wget -r -m "name of site"

any help would be much appreciated.

If name of the site is say... "LinuxQuestions" it's going to fail, that's not a url. You're not providing any details on what the problem actually is or errors or well anything other than its not working so its pretty hard to help you....

thanks for the quick reply.
I understand its not exactly a linux related question although i was hoping that i would get some help. i am not sure what other information to give other than the url to the site (greenroomswirral.co.uk). if you need any other information then i am happy to provide it.

What is needed is that you copy/paste the exact command that you entered as well as any messages from wget.

Tried it from here---It seems to be downloading many different pages (I stopped it before it finished)

Code:

wget -r -m www.greenroomswirral.co.uk

wget gives no errors it just stops at the first page (index.html). i have never seen it do this before with any other site.

this is the output

Code:

lina@lina-laptop:~/Desktop/new$ wget -r -m www.greenroomswirral.co.uk

--2010-04-13 21:19:43--  http://www.greenroomswirral.co.uk/

Resolving www.greenroomswirral.co.uk... 79.170.44.108

Connecting to www.greenroomswirral.co.uk|79.170.44.108|:80... connected.

HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK

Length: unspecified [text/html]

Last-modified header missing -- time-stamps turned off.

--2010-04-13 21:19:43--  http://www.greenroomswirral.co.uk/

Connecting to www.greenroomswirral.co.uk|79.170.44.108|:80... connected.

HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK

Length: unspecified [text/html]

Saving to: `www.greenroomswirral.co.uk/index.html'



    [  <=>                                  ] 14,137      45.9K/s  in 0.3s    



2010-04-13 21:19:44 (45.9 KB/s) - `www.greenroomswirral.co.uk/index.html' saved [14137]



FINISHED --2010-04-13 21:19:44--

Downloaded: 1 files, 14K in 0.3s (45.9 KB/s)

lina@lina-laptop:~/Desktop/new$

Quote:

Tried it from here---It seems to be downloading many different pages (I stopped it before it finished)

i have tried this on a few different computer with different networks with the same result so i would be interested in the commands you have used

I did it without the "www"---and got many many pages.

WITH the "www", I get your result.

I have NO CLUE why the difference

That works perfect though i am not sure why...(would be interested to know why though).
Thanks very much for all you help and patience.