> -----Original Message----- > From: cygwin-owner On Behalf Of Václav Krpec
> I have trouble using wildcards in wget FTP connections. > wget doesn't treat `*' and `?' as wildcards but ordinary > characters, so the connection results in something like this: > > $ wget -e ftp_proxy=192.168.35.1:3128 > ftp://ftp.fit.vutbr.cz/pub/XFree86/4.3.0/ > source/* > Warning: wildcards not supported in HTTP. > --11:16:34-- ftp://ftp.fit.vutbr.cz/pub/XFree86/4.3.0/source/* > => `*' > Connecting to 192.168.35.1:3128... connected. > Proxy request sent, awaiting response... 404 Not Found > 11:16:54 ERROR 404: Not Found. > > Note that I use FTP proxy server (firewall), I run CygWin > over M$ Win2000Pro and this problem occurs using both wget > from CygWin installation and M$ Win wget binary I downloaded > separately, and also running from GygWin bash or M$ Win cmdline. Well, like the error message tells you, > Warning: wildcards not supported in HTTP. You're trying to use a feature that doesn't exist. Just don't, and the problem will go away. The actual way to use wget to fetch every file in a directory would be to use the options "-r -l1". You can also use the various accept and reject options of wget to try and narrow in on the precise set of files that you want. If you really, really, *really* want a pattern matching version of wget, it would always be possible to make a shell script that calls "wget --spider" to list all the files without fetching them, parses the output using sed, perl, grep or awk to make a list of the matching names, writing them into a temp file as it goes, and finally calls "wget --input-file=" to download only the files that matched. cheers, DaveK -- Can't think of a witty .sigline today.... -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
