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Andreas Wong
Asked: 2011-01-03 05:56:34 +0800 CST

wget not getting all files

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I have issues using wget,

basically I use it like:

wget -m ftp://username:[email protected]:/path/to/dirs

After everything's complete (it says xxx files in xx MB for xx seconds), however, when I inspect the files, I notice it actually didn't completely download everything, am I missing something?

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1 Answers

  1. There's nothing wrong with your command (except a missing port, which wget can handle).

    How are you verifying your local files are the same as the remote ones? You could try retrieving a problematic file with cURL for comparison. If you are certain they're different then I suspect it's something to do with the FTP server.

    Check:

    • the FTP server's transfer logs - are the transfers listed as complete?
    • in wget's output: is the Length header returned or do you see Length: unspecified
    • any errors in wget's output
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