Re: Wget incorrectly mirroring some web site directories and files.

2004-09-27 Thread L Anderson
Brian Dessent wrote: L Anderson wrote: Is it a bug/feature in 'wget'; i.e., 'wget' handles the '\' not as a directory thingy but as part of the file name thus converting things like 'x\y' to 'x%5Cy' or is it caused by some other part of cygwin? This is the fault of the web site author. If he use

Re: Wget incorrectly mirroring some web site directories and files.

2004-09-27 Thread Brian Dessent
L Anderson wrote: > Is it a bug/feature in 'wget'; i.e., 'wget' handles the '\' not as a > directory thingy but as part of the file name thus converting things > like 'x\y' to 'x%5Cy' or is it caused by some other part of cygwin? This is the fault of the web site author. If he uses in his html

Wget incorrectly mirroring some web site directories and files.

2004-09-27 Thread L Anderson
When I use 'wget' to mirror some web sites, I notice a peculiar behavior I'm unable to find described in the mail archives or with google. To wit(using MSWindows directory notation): If a web site has something like the following stored on 'host': ... root\a\u.html root\