AmigaActive (544/1338)

From:Neil Bothwick
Date:14 May 2001 at 15:56:03
Subject:Re: Downloading Web Pages For Off-Line Reading (Query)

Alan Buxey said,

>> Thanks for the tip on that one, although It doesn't seem to work for
>> me: I typed the same as you mention above, e.g.
>>
>> wget -r http://www.amiga.com [RETURN]
>>
>> The following error is then displayed:
>>
>> --23:51:00-- http://amiga.com:80/
>> => `www.amiga.com/index.html'
>> Connecting to www.amiga.com:80...
>> www.amiga.com Unknown error

> a lot of sites dont allow the usage of tools such as wget

But this one does, otherwise the AACDs would have an empty drawer each
month :-/

I suspect the problem may be caused by a proxy server. It could be an
incomplete ixemul setup, but wget is connecting to the site so I doubt
that.

Does your ISP use a transparent proxy server?

Cheers

Neil



Neil Bothwick - New Media Editor, Amiga Active Magazine

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