How to use WGET

Last Updated: November 30, 1999

What is WGET?

Wget is a freely available network utility to retrieve files from the World Wide Web, using HTTP (Hyper Text Transfer Protocol) and FTP (File Transfer Protocol), the two most widely used Internet protocols. It has many useful features to make downloading easier, some of them being:

Does my server come with WGET?
Yes.

How do I use WGET?
WGET is simple to use. Here is basic syntax.
wget "http/filename"
Example: http://www.rfxnetworks.com/downloads/apf-current.tar.gz
This would get(download) the most current version of APF from the above site, and save it to the directory in which you are in on your dedicated server.

For more information on WGET please visit:
http://www.lns.cornell.edu/public/COMP/info/wget/wget_toc.html