Re: [Bug-wget] Using wget command to download from dynamic urls

[Micah Cowan]

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Tony Lewis wrote:
> Pratap Kumar Das wrote:
> 
>> I am not being able to download the files which would be
>> linked with dynamic urls (urls containing "*?*" in them which is probably
>> used for redirection).
> 
> The "?" is not the problem. See these lines in the output you included:
> 
>> Cannot write to `download.html?product=firefox-3.5.1&os=win&lang=en-US'
>> (File name too long).
> 
> As far as I can tell, the "File name too long" error is only generated on
> Windows machines so I'm assuming you're running on some version of Windows.
> For what it's worth, I am able to retrieve that file running wget in a
> cygwin shell running on Windows XP.

No, I get them on GNU/Linux (Ubuntu), too. Especially if I'm trying to
get stuff from Savannah, which always has colossal links.

There's a patch at https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/index.php?21714;
currently held up waiting for copyright-assignment stuff.

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Micah J. Cowan
Programmer, musician, typesetting enthusiast, gamer.
Maintainer of GNU Wget and GNU Teseq
http://micah.cowan.name/
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