wget syntax questtion

[VJ]

Use "*BB*" . In man page for wget it says NAMES or PATTERN. By just giving 
BB it means a file named BB rather than BB being part of pattern.

VJ
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Terry R Linhardt" <linhardt at swbell.net>
To: <fedora-list at redhat.com>
Sent: Saturday, November 06, 2004 7:17 PM
Subject: wget syntax questtion


>I am a new user of wget.  I love its flexibility. However, I have a syntax 
>question. (And yes, I *did* read the manual). But, I am still doing 
>something incorrectly.
>
> My goal:  To download some files in a directory, but not all of the files.
>
> As an examle, let's say the target directory has the following files in 
> it:
>
>    file-AA.1
>    file-AA.2
>    file-AA.3
>    file-BB.1
>    file.BB.2
>    file.BB.3
>    file.CC.1
>
> Let's assume I want to download all files EXCEPT those containing BB.
>
> I have already tried the following:
>
>       wget -r -R BB  http://www.host.com/path/to/files
>
> I thought the -R option would exclude all files with the 'BB' as part of 
> the name. But, it did not.
>
> Advice or help would be appreciated.
>
> Thanks..Terry
>
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