From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Jul 30 05:18:11 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EAF8E37B401 for ; Wed, 30 Jul 2003 05:18:11 -0700 (PDT) Received: from rwcrmhc12.comcast.net (rwcrmhc12.comcast.net [216.148.227.85]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4A17E43F3F for ; Wed, 30 Jul 2003 05:18:11 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from freebsd-questions-local@be-well.no-ip.com) Received: from be-well.ilk.org (be-well.no-ip.com[66.30.200.37]) by comcast.net (rwcrmhc12) with ESMTP id <2003073012180501400ckcdte>; Wed, 30 Jul 2003 12:18:05 +0000 Received: from be-well.ilk.org (lowellg.ne.client2.attbi.com [66.30.200.37] (may be forged)) by be-well.ilk.org (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id h6UCI4M1024135; Wed, 30 Jul 2003 08:18:04 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from freebsd-questions-local@be-well.no-ip.com) Received: (from lowell@localhost) by be-well.ilk.org (8.12.9/8.12.6/Submit) id h6UCI0dv024132; Wed, 30 Jul 2003 08:18:00 -0400 (EDT) X-Authentication-Warning: be-well.ilk.org: lowell set sender to freebsd-questions-local@be-well.ilk.org using -f Sender: lowell@be-well.no-ip.com To: Peter Leftwich References: <20030729215112.G16058-100000@Video2Video.Com> From: Lowell Gilbert Date: 30 Jul 2003 08:18:00 -0400 In-Reply-To: <20030729215112.G16058-100000@Video2Video.Com> Message-ID: <441xw8us1z.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> Lines: 27 User-Agent: Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.3 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii cc: FreeBSD Questions LIST Subject: Re: Mirroring tool? web snake? getbot? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: FreeBSD Questions LIST List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 30 Jul 2003 12:18:12 -0000 Peter Leftwich writes: > Hi all. I'm searching and searching the (X11 / GUI) ports at > www.freebsd.org and www.freshmeat.net but I was wondering if some of you > could help me with a better, targeted keyword that describes this kind of > tool or application? > > All I'd like is a graphical tool that prompts the user for a URL then > proceeds to mirror that URL to the working directory or to a "base" > directory specified in its preferences. It would also be nice to filter by > URL's ending in ___ for example, .jpg, .jpeg, .mp3, and so forth. > > I used a command line tool called "httrack" for many months until I found > that upon each successive run of the program, it deletes the results of the > last run! Stupid! > > Thanks for any ideas you all may have. The GUI requirement is the tough part here. There are dozens of command-line programs that can do roughly what you want (all with slightly different capabilities, naturally), but a graphical tool doesn't typically make sense for this purpose. That's because it's an automated function by nature. Last time I needed something like this (years ago now) I did it with lynx, but one of the other options in ports might serve your wishes better.