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Re: Wget: Adding a prefix to downloaded files?
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Tim Rühsen |
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Re: Wget: Adding a prefix to downloaded files? |
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Tue, 17 Dec 2019 17:18:05 +0100 |
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On 12/17/19 5:08 PM, Daniel Stenberg wrote:
> On Tue, 17 Dec 2019, Tim Rühsen wrote:
>
>> wget has no parallel processing. Wget2 has.
>
> This phrasing could use some clarity.
>
> Does this mean that Wget2 is not Wget? Is 'Wget2' the name of a separate
> tool/project?
>
> Or is Wget2 actually Wget version 2? Because if it is, then Wget has
> parallel processing, in version two...
>
> I think it would help to have this clarified.
Good point.
Wget2 is Wget version 2 *and* an own tool. So both are installable in
parallel. Wget2 is a drop-in replacement and will be the successor of
Wget at some time. Both tools belong to the GNU Wget project.
Regards, Tim
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