wget FTP wildcards

[BStrohhaecker@hueller-hille.com]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Brian Dessent [mailto:brian@dessent.net], Sent: Friday, January 23,
2004 7:05 AM
> 
> Václav Krpec wrote:
> > 
> > But, as you can see, I'm trying to do __FTP__ connection,
> > and these allows wildcards usage (according to wget
> > man pages). Maybe "-g on" option will help... I'm gonna try... No.
> > I know it works on Linux, why not on cygWin? Do I need 
> special settings?
> > Or wget thinks I'm trying to make http connection? Why? I specified
> > FTP protocol. How to force the protocol?
> 
> Seems to work fine for me:

...

Check "/etc/wgetrc/" and "~/.wgetrc" whether it contains a line like:

ftp_proxy = http://USERNAME:PASSWORD@SERVER:PORT/

For me, also having this setting, wildcards in wget don't work too.

CU, Bernd

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