[wget-notify] [bug #21679] Clarify -O option

[Micah Cowan]

URL:
  <http://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?21679>

                 Summary: Clarify -O option
                 Project: GNU Wget
            Submitted by: micahcowan
            Submitted on: Thursday 11/29/2007 at 15:46
                Category: Documentation
                Severity: 2 - Minor
                Priority: 5 - Normal
                  Status: Confirmed
                 Privacy: Public
             Assigned to: None
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             Open/Closed: Open
         Discussion Lock: Any
                 Release: None
        Operating System: None
         Reproducibility: None
           Fixed Release: None
         Planned Release: 1.11
              Regression: No
           Work Required: 0 - Hours
          Patch Included: None

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Details:

Mauro wrote:

> > Be advised, though, that -O doesn't simply mean "make the name of the 
> > downloaded result `filename'"; it means "act as if you're redirecting
output 
> > to a file named `filename'". In particular, this means that such things
as
> > timestamping, and multiple URLs, may not work as you expect.

micah,

i believe this text is a good candidate for inclusion in the man page.




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