Re: wget -m imply -np?

Hi Karl!

>From my POV, the current set-up is the best solution. 
Of course, I am also no developer, but an avid user.
Sometimes you just don't know the structure of the website 
in advance, so using -m as a trouble-free no-brainer 
will get you the complete site neatly done with timestamps.
BTW, -m is an abbreviation:
-m = -r -l0 -N IIRC
If you _know_ that you don't want to grab upwards, 
just add -np and you're done. Otherwise someone 
would have to come up with a switch to disable the default -np 
that you suggested or the user would have to rely on 
the single options that -m is made of - hassle without benefit.
You furthermore said:
"generally, that leads to the whole Internet"
That is wrong, if I understand you correctly. 
Wget will always stay at the start-host, except when you 
allow different hosts via a smart combination of 
-D -H -I 
switches.

H2H
Jens


Karl Berry wrote:
> 
> I wonder if it would make sense for wget -m (--mirror) to imply -np
> (--no-parent).  I know that I, at least, have no interest in ever
> mirroring anything "above" the target url(s) -- generally, that leads to
> the whole Internet.  An option to explicitly include the parents could
> be added.
> 
> Just a suggestion.  Thanks for the great software.
> 
> karl@xxxxxxx