[ubuntu-za] Wget command for sub folder on a site
Chris Schoonbee
cmschoonbee at mweb.co.za
Mon Nov 4 12:17:52 UTC 2013
On 04/11/2013 08:48, Wikus wrote:
> Morning everyone ,
>
> I want to download just a sub folder on a web site , for example the
> contents of :
>
> www.my.example/folder/
>
> So I tried the command:
>
> wget -r www.my.example/folder/
>
> But then it downloads the whole site www.my.example
>
> What am I missing in my command to only download the contents of the
> sub folder ?
>
> Thank you
>
> - Wikus
>
There is probably a reference in /folder/ to the parent directory which
wget will recursively follow per the -r option.
See the following option in man wget:
-np
--no-parent
Do not ever ascend to the parent directory when retrieving
recursively. This is a useful option, since it guarantees that
only the files below a certain hierarchy will be downloaded.
ie try wget -r -np ....
Cheers,
Chris
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