[NMLUG] using wget to mirror

[starbane at gmail.com (Paul Tietjens)]

On 4/15/05, Dan Parrish <deathandtaxes@caglan.net> wrote:
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> Tim Emerick wrote:
> > I'm using wget to mirror McAfee's antivirus ftp site for my fairly large lan.
> >  wget seems to be re-downloading the entire site when it performs it's mirror
> > operation which is twice a day.

I know this doesn't answer your question, but if you ever need it,
mirrordir is pretty good for this type of thing, too.  Forgive my lack
of wget expertise, I generally only use it for pulling down single
files, or quick one-time web mirrors.