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Re: [Bug-wget] How to disable reading or settings in .wgetrc?
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Avinash Sonawane |
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Re: [Bug-wget] How to disable reading or settings in .wgetrc? |
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Fri, 2 Jun 2017 09:55:52 +0530 |
On Fri, Jun 2, 2017 at 6:03 AM, Dale R. Worley <address@hidden> wrote:
> Avinash Sonawane <address@hidden> writes:
>> So in that case you need to use --config (without any value) on the
>> command line.
This is incorrect. Pardon me for misleading you.
Option '--config' compulsorily requires an argument.
> Actually, it means you could use "--config=/dev/null".
Yes, you are right! Currently, this is the only sane way to ignore
.wgetrc. Though --config= and --config="" works too but as Linda
pointed out, wget screams about not being able to read the file and
*then* ignores .wgetrc.
> The documentation does not suggest that --config is valid without a value.
Yes. Because that's not the case.
> So we really should add:
>
> --config
> Do not use any startup file.
I don't think we should. ;)
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