Sorry for the late response, the email was accidentally moved to the wrong box.
On 10/04/2008, Micah Cowan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > Raphael Geissert wrote: > > >> Because -O doesn't mean "use this filename", it means "redirect output > >> to this file", rather like the shell does (see the manpage). > > > > The thing is that it can be interpreted in different ways, maybe it could > be > > more explicit. > > > The option name, or the manpage? The manpage. > > The current manpage was intended to clarify the issue; if it's not clear > enough, please do suggest appropriate changes (probably, in a separate > bug report). I just read the man page of the latest wget and it is clearer than previous versions (though I don't remember what version of the man page I read). > > Actually, it's not at all clear to me why -O was designed that way in > the first place. Supposedly there is some value to using -O and -r, and > piping the whole thing to something (but, of course, -O and -r together > is also now disallowed). So it seems to me we now have something that's > not particularly useful to either the "redirect" folks or the "rename" > folks. I'll try and start up a discussion on it again on the list. Thanks. Personally I'd like to use -O together with -N :) > > > - -- > Micah J. Cowan > Programmer, musician, typesetting enthusiast, gamer, > and GNU Wget Project Maintainer. > http://micah.cowan.name/ > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.4.7 (GNU/Linux) > Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org > > > iD8DBQFH/qoH7M8hyUobTrERAsPgAJ0R0MXRB8fpHdnQ2bU534Gw7JEBOQCfQR4Y > SGirJCHWr1To2kmMl+l8+Ks= > =CD9C > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > Sincerely, -- Atomo64 - Raphael Please avoid sending me Word, PowerPoint or Excel attachments. See http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/no-word-attachments.html -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
