[NTLUG:Discuss] copying web documents

[Kyle Davenport]

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From: Fred <fredstevens at yahoo.com>
> Thanks to all that helped. wget is a very versatile tool that gives far
more
> info than what is wanted, kinda like asking for the time and getting the
> instructions for building the clock.
>...
> To get this exercise to work properly requires a THOROUGH understanding
of
> wget and the desire to spend way too much time jacking with it. Maybe
someone
> can write a tool (bash, C, whatever) that will do the job.

wget is your friend ; no hoops required:

wget -l 1 -nd --user-agent="" -erobots=off -r -A
'pref.htm,ch?.htm,app?.htm,gloss.htm,bib.htm'
http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/library/policy/army/fm/3-19-40/