Difference between revisions of "Offline mirror with wget"

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--mirror : Mirror is currently equivalent to -r -N -l inf --no-remove-listing.
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--mirror : Mirror is equivalent to "-r -N -l inf --no-remove-listing" (basically, infinite recursion).
--no-parent : Do not ascend to the parent directory. Only download files that are under the given URL.
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--no-parent : Do not follow links that ascend to the parent directory. Only follow links that are under the given URL.
 
--page-requisites : Download all page requisites necessary to display the page (images, CSS, javascript, etc.).
 
--page-requisites : Download all page requisites necessary to display the page (images, CSS, javascript, etc.).
 
--convert-links : Convert links in the pages so that they work locally relative to the OUTPUT_DIR.
 
--convert-links : Convert links in the pages so that they work locally relative to the OUTPUT_DIR.

Revision as of 07:32, 20 August 2008


This downloads the given document and all parts it needs to be viewed offline. The number set by --cut-dirs must match the number of parent directories in the URL (dir1 and dir2).

wget --mirror --no-parent --page-requisites --convert-links --no-host-directories --cut-dirs=2 --directory-prefix=OUTPUT_DIR http://www.example.org/dir1/dir2/index.html
--mirror : Mirror is equivalent to "-r -N -l inf --no-remove-listing" (basically, infinite recursion).
--no-parent : Do not follow links that ascend to the parent directory. Only follow links that are under the given URL.
--page-requisites : Download all page requisites necessary to display the page (images, CSS, javascript, etc.).
--convert-links : Convert links in the pages so that they work locally relative to the OUTPUT_DIR.
--no-host-directories : Don't create host name directories.
--cut-dirs=n : Remove n directories from the path of the URL.
--directory-prefix=<OUTPUT_DIR> : Set path to the destination directory where files will be saved.