"Using wget command"

manikantha · 05-02-2005, 01:13 AM

Hi,
Can any one tell me how to use the command wget and the files to be created before using it.

Hoping for Response.

Shade · 05-02-2005, 01:26 AM

It depends on what you're trying to do. You don't need to create any files prior to invoking a command.

If a file exists on an http server called test.file, to download it you would use:

wget http://server.name/path/to/test.file

And then you'd have test.file right there in the current directory.

--Shade

overlord73 · 05-02-2005, 01:38 AM

see also:
man wget

LancerNZ · 05-02-2005, 01:57 AM

Generally I use...

wget -c http://www.somesite/something_I_want_to_download.zip

The -c option is good because it the download is interrupted, I use the same command again to continue from where I left off rather than starting over.