[Linux-disciples] wget no-parent argument

[Adam Kessel]

On Mon, Feb 09, 2004 at 12:39:04PM -0500, Stephen R Laniel wrote:
> I'm downloading a site for work using wget, and it doesn't seem
> to be listening to the no-parent argument. Thinking that maybe
> this was a problem with long options (i.e., '--optionName')
> coming over to DOS improperly, I tried also the short form of
> 'no-parent' ('-np') and the .wgetrc form. Neither seems to work.
> Wget is still downloading directories above
> 'foo.com/whatsnew/press/2000', when my wgetrc contains
> 'no_parent = on'.
> Any idea why this would happen?

Have you tried --cut-dirs and -nH (no host)? These options work in a
funny combination together.
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