-=> Quoting Scott Jones to Bat Lang, [16 Oct 99  22:05:55] <=-

 -=> On 14 Oct 99  15:13:30, Bat Lang wrote to All <=-

 BL> In trying to understand this pgm, I have not been able to determine how
 BL> to tell it a default local destination directory for its downloads. I
 BL> normally use D:\DOWN\ for ftp clients, but their config was much
 BL> clearer than I find in WGET. Thanks for any help, and Good Modeming!
 BL> /\oo/\
 SJ>
 SJ> In the distribution archive should be a sample.wgetrc file in the docs
 SJ> subdirectory.  Copy this as .wgetrc to the directory pointed to by the
 SJ> SET HOME= variable in config.sys (if you don't have it, go ahead and
 SJ> add it, as it comes in handy for other programs ported from *nix; mine,
 SJ> e.g., is f:/home), then add the following to it:
 SJ>
 SJ> dir_prefix = d:/down

I finally figured that I could also add to the comm line: -Pd:/down
which seemed to do the job. I guess I'm just not that much of bare
bones, lean mean type. I'd rather let NFTP handle it, realizing that
there are prolly instances when all that flexibility of unattended
operation et al, could be handy. It prolly feels good to an _ix type,
which I am NOT. It reminds me of the M$ tool EDLIN, which when mastered
can do things in batch files that will water most eyes. I'm not much of
an EDLIN guy either. I guess the bulk of my ftp stuff will still get
here via NFTP, recognizing that WGET is more flexible. Thanks for the
comeback.

BTW, I already have in my CFSys file: "SET HOME=D:\NcFTP\".
Is that similar to the PATH in that it can take multiple entries,
delimited by ';'?
Good Modeming!  /\oo/\


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