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Diffstat (limited to 'wikiget.1')
| -rw-r--r-- | wikiget.1 | 34 |
1 files changed, 24 insertions, 10 deletions
@@ -4,11 +4,21 @@ .SH NAME wikiget - download files from MediaWiki sites .SH SYNOPSIS -\f[B]wikiget\f[R] [-\f[B]h\f[R]] [-\f[B]V\f[R]] -[-\f[B]q\f[R]|-\f[B]v\f[R]] [-\f[B]f\f[R]] [-\f[B]s\f[R] \f[I]SITE\f[R]] -[-\f[B]p\f[R] \f[I]PATH\f[R]] [--\f[B]username\f[R] \f[I]USERNAME\f[R]] -[--\f[B]password\f[R] \f[I]PASSWORD\f[R]] [-\f[B]o\f[R] \f[I]OUTPUT\f[R] -| -\f[B]a\f[R]] [-\f[B]l\f[R] \f[I]LOGFILE\f[R]] \f[I]FILE\f[R] +.PP +\f[B]wikiget\f[R] [\f[I]options\f[R]] \f[I]FILE\f[R] +.PD 0 +.P +.PD +\f[B]wikiget\f[R] [\f[I]options\f[R]] [-\f[B]a\f[R]|--\f[B]batch\f[R]] +\f[I]BATCHFILE\f[R] +.PD 0 +.P +.PD +\f[B]wikiget\f[R] [-\f[B]V\f[R]|--\f[B]version\f[R]] +.PD 0 +.P +.PD +\f[B]wikiget\f[R] [-\f[B]h\f[R]|--\f[B]help\f[R]] .SH DESCRIPTION Something like \f[B]wget\f[R](1) for downloading a file from MediaWiki sites (like Wikipedia or Wikimedia Commons) using only the file name or @@ -25,6 +35,13 @@ If it\[cq]s the fully-qualified URL of a file description page, like fetched from the site in the URL, in this case \[lq]en.wikipedia.org\[rq]. .TP +\f[I]BATCHFILE\f[R] +In batch download mode (activated with -\f[B]a\f[R] or +--\f[B]batch\f[R]), this is a text file containing multiple file names +or URLs to be downloaded, one per line. +If an error is encountered during download, execution stops immediately +and the offending filename is printed. +.TP -\f[B]s\f[R], --\f[B]site\f[R] \f[I]SITE\f[R] MediaWiki site to download from. Will not have any effect if the full URL is given in the \f[I]FILE\f[R] @@ -56,11 +73,8 @@ If the logfile already exists, new log information is appended to it. Force overwritng of existing files. .TP -\f[B]a\f[R], --\f[B]batch\f[R] -If this flag is set, \f[I]FILE\f[R] will be treated as an input text -file containing multiple files to be downloaded, one filename or URL per -line. -If an error is encountered during download, execution stops immediately -and the offending filename is printed. +If this flag is set, \f[B]wikiget\f[R] will run in batch download mode +(see \f[I]BATCHFILE\f[R]). .TP -\f[B]v\f[R], --\f[B]verbose\f[R] Print additional information, such as the site used and the full URL of |