wget filename > filename
wget filename > filename.1
wget filename > filename.2
To overwrite the existing file with the new downloads without creating new files, the answer is:
On GNU Wget 1.12 built on linux-gnu:
Use wget -N filename
Wednesday, June 22, 2011
Allow wget to overwrite files
Default behavior of wget is to make new files if files of same name are downloaded again, appended with a counter.
wget filename > filename
wget filename > filename.1
wget filename > filename.2
To overwrite the existing file with the new downloads without creating new files, the answer is:
On GNU Wget 1.12 built on linux-gnu:
wget filename > filename
wget filename > filename.1
wget filename > filename.2
To overwrite the existing file with the new downloads without creating new files, the answer is:
On GNU Wget 1.12 built on linux-gnu:
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Actually -N is for comparing timestamps and will only download the file again if the timestamp is newer than your local file. What you're looking for is -r
ReplyDelete-r doesn't overwrite local changes. -N does.
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