Re: wget question

["Eric G . Miller" <egm2@jps.net>]

On Mon, Mar 27, 2000 at 07:44:18PM +0000, Antonio Rodriguez wrote:
> What is wrong with the following? Pasted next the output
> 
> bash-2.01$ wget
> ftp://ftp.twoguys.org/pub/kde/stable/latest/distribution/deb/potato/i386/*
> 
> --19:41:38--
> ftp://ftp.twoguys.org:21/pub/kde/stable/latest/distribution/deb/potato/i386/*
> 
>            => `.listing' Connecting to ftp.twoguys.org:21...
>            connected!  Logging in as anonymous ... Logged in!  ==>
>            TYPE I ... done.  ==> CWD
>            pub/kde/stable/latest/distribution/deb/potato/i386 ...
>            done.  ==> PORT ... done.    ==> LIST ... done.  .listing:
>            Permission denied unlink: Permission denied No matches on
>            pattern `*'.  bash-2.01$ Thanks Antonio.
> 

Don't you want the '-r' flag? I don't think wget understands wildcards.
Be careful with the '-r' flag though, you might end up with the whole
internet!

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