Does -O mean rename in wget?

[Ashim Kapoor]

Dear all,

I was hesitant to try it as

1. It's a BIG file and I would waste a lot of time before I know if it is
messed up.
2. The man page alludes to it NOT being the perfect rename.

but I am trying it. Lets see where it takes me.

Thank you,
Ashim

On Wed, Feb 22, 2012 at 7:13 PM, Christopher Sacchi <thomasbtmn at gmail.com>wrote:

> Try the --help option in wget; wget --help.
> Chris
>
> Sent from my iPod
>
> On Feb 22, 2012, at 8:15 AM, Tapas Mishra <mightydreams at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
>
> On Wed, Feb 22, 2012 at 6:39 PM, Ashim Kapoor <ashimkapoor at gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> Dear all,
>>
>> I want to do this :-
>>
>> wget -O http://www.ex.com/long_filename myfile.zip
>>
>> Is this the way it is used ?
>>
>> Many thanks,
>> Ashim
>
>
>
>>
>>  -O may not work as you expect: Wget
>>
>>            won't just download the first file to file and then download
>>> the
>>
>>            rest to their normal names: all downloaded content will be
>>> placed
>>
>>            in file. This was disabled in version 1.11, but has been
>>> reinstated
>>
>>            (with a warning) in 1.11.2, as there are some cases where this
>>
>>            behavior can actually have some use.  The documents will not
>>> be written
>>
>>                  to the appropriate files, but all  will be concatenated
> together and
>                  written to *file.*
>
>>
>>
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