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Old 02-19-2008, 05:21 PM
Keith Keller
 
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Default Re: wget problem

On 2004-12-16, guruteck@gmail.com <guruteck@gmail.com> wrote:
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> Thanx a lot for ur information
> This is what I was looking for
> Actually -U option worked me perfectly


If you are using this option (which is officially discouraged in the man
page), you might also consider asking the webmaster of the remote site
why they are blocking on User-Agent; if doing so might raise their ire,
perhaps you might reconsider why you need to mirror their site.

--keith

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