Re: [PLUG] archiving websites

[Jeff Abrahamson <jeff@purple.com>]

On Mon, Mar 22, 2004 at 11:39:45AM -0500, William H. Magill wrote:
> What's the difference between wget and curl?
> 
> For some reason, I thought that wget was obsoleted by curl.

You are, if nothing else, consistent with the Bill Magill of 19
October 2003:

    http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&q=magill%40mcgillsociety.org+wget+curl&btnG=Google+Search

where we said these things:

    http://lists.netisland.net/archives/plug/plug-2003-10/msg00216.html
    http://lists.netisland.net/archives/plug/plug-2003-10/msg00219.html


Wget and curl are slightly different tools.  Wget does recursive gets,
curl is a more flexible single request widget.  Neither appears to be
overtly abandoned or discontinued.

-- 
 Jeff

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