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wget -o writes empty files on failure
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Mar 15, 202622413 viewsConfidence Score0%
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If I write wget "no such address" -o "test.html" it first creates the test.html and in case of failure, leaves it empty. However, when not using -o, it will wait to see if the download succeeds and only after that, it'll write the file. I'd like the latter behavior to be applied to -o too, is it po…
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returns a non-zero exit status when the URL is not found, so you can append a remove command on failure: Or create a temporary file and only move it where you want on success: The second has the benefit of not deleting an existing file on failure, b…
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