On Monday 25 January 2021 17:04:23 Greg Wooledge wrote: > On Mon, Jan 25, 2021 at 04:07:33PM -0500, Gene Heskett wrote: > > gene@coyote:~/src/build$ cd .. && wget -O opencv.zip > > https://github.com/opencv/opencv/archive/master.zip Cannot specify > > both -k or --convert-file-only and -O if multiple URLs are given, or > > in combination with -p or -r. See the manual for details. > > > > Usage: wget [OPTION]... [URL]... > > I tried to duplicate this myself, using buster, and using stretch (as > you previously reported this is on stretch). I was not able to do so > using only modifications of the command you gave. I tried replacing > the space after -O with a non-breaking space, and I tried using -O > -opencv.zip (hinted by the -p in the error message). > > My next guess is that perhaps wget is receiving additional options > from somewhere other than your command line. Perhaps via an > environment variable, or something. > > Apparently wget doesn't have any such env vars, but it does allow a > startup file, which it calls ".wgetrc". Or /etc/wgetrc. > > So, after reading up on that, and experimenting a bit: > > unicorn:/tmp/build$ cat ~/.wgetrc > convert-links = on > page-requisites = on > > If I create a ~/.wgetrc file with at least those two lines in it, then > I get the same error you got. > > Do you have a ~/.wgetrc file? If so, what's in it? If not, what's in > your /etc/wgetrc file (other than comments and blank lines)? gene@coyote:~$ cat .wgetrc no_parent = on follow_ftp = on recursive = on reclevel = 20 convert_links = on
and the only option that is not commented in /etc/wgetrc is the passive_fpt = on Cheers, Gene Heskett -- "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) If we desire respect for the law, we must first make the law respectable. - Louis D. Brandeis Genes Web page <http://geneslinuxbox.net:6309/gene>
