Date: 30 Jul 2003 08:18:00 -0400 From: Lowell Gilbert <freebsd-questions-local@be-well.no-ip.com> To: Peter Leftwich <Hostmaster@Video2Video.Com> Cc: FreeBSD Questions LIST <FreeBSD-Questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Mirroring tool? web snake? getbot? Message-ID: <441xw8us1z.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> In-Reply-To: <20030729215112.G16058-100000@Video2Video.Com> References: <20030729215112.G16058-100000@Video2Video.Com>
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Peter Leftwich <Hostmaster@Video2Video.Com> writes: > Hi all. I'm searching and searching the (X11 / GUI) ports at > www.freebsd.org and www.freshmeat.net but I was wondering if some of you > could help me with a better, targeted keyword that describes this kind of > tool or application? > > All I'd like is a graphical tool that prompts the user for a URL then > proceeds to mirror that URL to the working directory or to a "base" > directory specified in its preferences. It would also be nice to filter by > URL's ending in ___ for example, .jpg, .jpeg, .mp3, and so forth. > > I used a command line tool called "httrack" for many months until I found > that upon each successive run of the program, it deletes the results of the > last run! Stupid! > > Thanks for any ideas you all may have. The GUI requirement is the tough part here. There are dozens of command-line programs that can do roughly what you want (all with slightly different capabilities, naturally), but a graphical tool doesn't typically make sense for this purpose. That's because it's an automated function by nature. Last time I needed something like this (years ago now) I did it with lynx, but one of the other options in ports might serve your wishes better.
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