Date: 30 Jul 2003 22:29:11 -0700 From: LLeweLLyn Reese <llewelly@lifesupport.shutdown.com> To: "Peter Leftwich" <Hostmaster@Video2Video.Com> Cc: gsutter@zer0.org Subject: Re: Mirroring tool? web snake? getbot? Message-ID: <x34r138dso.fsf@lifesupport.shutdown.com> In-Reply-To: <63942.63.109.229.13.1059606378.squirrel@webmail.alienwebshop.com> References: <20030729215112.G16058-100000@Video2Video.Com> <20030730063212.GD15338@klapaucius.zer0.org> <63942.63.109.229.13.1059606378.squirrel@webmail.alienwebshop.com>
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"Peter Leftwich" <Hostmaster@Video2Video.Com> writes:
> > On 2003-07-29 21:54 -0700, Peter Leftwich <Hostmaster@Video2Video.Com>
> > wrote:
> >> 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.
> > A command-line tool to do this: /usr/ports/ftp/wget
>
> I notice that "ftp" is in the file path - not to be confused with
> "http?"
wget supports both ftp and http. (Since you asked for URLs, I suppose
Greg deliberately suggested a command which handles both, since
URLs may be either.)
>
> > A graphical tool to do this: c:\winnt\setup.exe
>
> You sir, are on crack. I have been completely and happily M$FT-free since
> Feb 2002, when I terminated a long reign of piracy (cram it, Win98SR1!!)
> and a longer slew of disappointments and BSoD's.
>
> If you know what a BSoD is then you've used Microsoft Windows.
[snip]
> N.B. Mr. Gates & legal et al. that I said "a long reign," not "MY long
> reign."
[snip]
:-) That's one way to clean up an ugly licencing situation at a new
job ... usually the best way.
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