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From 44ba49b31f4ea515f8a6ef2642a34c0fd2024b90 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 |
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From: Giuseppe Scrivano <gscrivano@gnu.org> |
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Date: Tue, 9 Jul 2013 00:50:30 +0200 |
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Subject: [PATCH] doc: document --backups |
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--- |
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doc/wget.texi | 15 ++++++++++++--- |
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src/main.c | 3 +++ |
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2 files changed, 15 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) |
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diff --git a/doc/wget.texi b/doc/wget.texi |
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index 5054382..7a1670e 100644 |
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--- a/doc/wget.texi |
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+++ b/doc/wget.texi |
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@@ -630,6 +630,13 @@ Note that when @samp{-nc} is specified, files with the suffixes |
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@samp{.html} or @samp{.htm} will be loaded from the local disk and |
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parsed as if they had been retrieved from the Web. |
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+@cindex backing up files |
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+@item --backups=@var{backups} |
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+Before (over)writing a file, back up an existing file by adding a |
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+@samp{.1} suffix (@samp{_1} on VMS) to the file name. Such backup |
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+files are rotated to @samp{.2}, @samp{.3}, and so on, up to |
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+@var{backups} (and lost beyond that). |
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+ |
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@cindex continue retrieval |
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@cindex incomplete downloads |
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@cindex resume download |
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@@ -2882,9 +2889,11 @@ enables it). |
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Enable/disable saving pre-converted files with the suffix |
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@samp{.orig}---the same as @samp{-K} (which enables it). |
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-@c @item backups = @var{number} |
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-@c #### Document me! |
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-@c |
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+@item backups = @var{number} |
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+Use up to @var{number} backups for a file. Backups are rotated by |
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+adding an incremental counter that starts at @samp{1}. The default is |
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+@samp{0}. |
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+ |
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@item base = @var{string} |
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Consider relative @sc{url}s in input files (specified via the |
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@samp{input} command or the @samp{--input-file}/@samp{-i} option, |
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diff --git a/src/main.c b/src/main.c |
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index c895c4e..8ce0eb3 100644 |
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--- a/src/main.c |
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+++ b/src/main.c |
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@@ -714,6 +714,9 @@ Recursive download:\n"), |
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N_("\ |
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-k, --convert-links make links in downloaded HTML or CSS point to\n\ |
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local files.\n"), |
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+ N_("\ |
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+ --backups=N before writing file X, rotate up to N backup files.\n"), |
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+ |
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#ifdef __VMS |
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N_("\ |
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-K, --backup-converted before converting file X, back up as X_orig.\n"), |
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-- |
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1.8.3.1 |
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