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How to download with wget without following links with parameters

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Mar 15, 20266069 views
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I'm trying to download two sites for inclusion on a CD: The problem I'm having is that these are both wikis. So when downloading with e.g.: I do get a lot of files because it also follows links like ...?action=edit ...?action=diff&version=... Does somebody know a way to get around this? I just want…

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http://boinc.berkeley.edu/trac/wiki
http://www.boinc-wiki.info

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Fix for: How to download with wget without following links with parameters

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The new version of wget (v.1.14) solves all these problems. You have to use the new option to handle query strings. Note that I couldn't find the new manual that includes these new options, so you have to use the help command

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