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Offline George Underwood Edwards

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How To Download An Entire Web Site With wget
« on: October 31, 2012, 07:23:31 PM »
Just found this and am going to try it out...
http://www.linuxjournal.com/content/downloading-entire-web-site-wget
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Re: How To Download An Entire Web Site With wget
« Reply #1 on: November 01, 2012, 01:33:03 AM »
Interesting... Thanks for sharing George  ;)
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Re: How To Download An Entire Web Site With wget
« Reply #2 on: November 01, 2012, 04:14:13 AM »
I don't think it's right to download entire websites or part thereof ... for whatever reason (unless you have permission). Most websites are copyrighted and are illegal. Of course, we can each do what we want to do. I'm not sure if there's a clear law on this but the action borders the line of theft. It is one thing to link to a feature on a website or even to print an article for reference but to download every single item on a website is just wrong.

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Re: How To Download An Entire Web Site With wget
« Reply #3 on: November 01, 2012, 11:15:47 AM »
This could be useful if it's your own website and you want to back it up.
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Re: How To Download An Entire Web Site With wget
« Reply #4 on: November 02, 2012, 09:28:20 AM »
Or for a web site that may get shut down.
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Re: How To Download An Entire Web Site With wget
« Reply #5 on: November 02, 2012, 09:33:32 AM »
Quote from: George Underwood Edwards on November 02, 2012, 09:28:20 AM
Or for a web site that may get shut down.

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Or for your competitor's web site if you need material to sue them  ::) ::) ::) ::) ::)
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Re: How To Download An Entire Web Site With wget
« Reply #6 on: November 02, 2012, 01:31:11 PM »
Firefox will do the same thing.  Click Files/Save Page As and select Web Page, complete in the dropdown on the lower tight.
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Re: How To Download An Entire Web Site With wget
« Reply #7 on: November 03, 2012, 02:30:21 PM »
Quote from: The Chief on November 02, 2012, 01:31:11 PM
Firefox will do the same thing.  Click Files/Save Page As and select Web Page, complete in the dropdown on the lower tight.

That will grab one page. The wget method grabs the entire web site.
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Re: How To Download An Entire Web Site With wget
« Reply #8 on: November 04, 2012, 01:46:38 PM »
Quote from: George Underwood Edwards on November 03, 2012, 02:30:21 PM
Quote from: The Chief on November 02, 2012, 01:31:11 PM
Firefox will do the same thing.  Click Files/Save Page As and select Web Page, complete in the dropdown on the lower tight.

That will grab one page. The wget method grabs the entire web site.
Actually, it grabs anything linked to by the page - if you start with the main page (usually index.htm or index .html) it should grab every thing you can get to.    Including the folders they are in.

Yeah, may not get everything, but it should grab a functional copy.  Always has for me.
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