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diff --git a/wikiget.1 b/wikiget.1 new file mode 100644 index 0000000..b4c9255 --- /dev/null +++ b/wikiget.1 @@ -0,0 +1,101 @@ +.\" Automatically generated by Pandoc 3.1.8 +.\" +.TH "WIKIGET" "1" "October 2, 2023" "Version 0.5.1" "Wikiget User Manual" +.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] +.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 +the URL of its description page. +.SH OPTIONS +.TP +\f[I]FILE\f[R] +The file to be downloaded. +If \f[I]FILE\f[R] is in the form \f[I]File:Example.jpg\f[R] or +\f[I]Image:Example.jpg\f[R], it will be fetched from the default site, +which is \[lq]commons.wikimedia.org\[rq]. +If it\[cq]s the fully-qualified URL of a file description page, like +\f[I]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Example.jpg\f[R], the file is +fetched from the site in the URL, in this case +\[lq]en.wikipedia.org\[rq]. +.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] +parameter. +.TP +-\f[B]p\f[R], --\f[B]path\f[R] \f[I]PATH\f[R] +Script path for the wiki, where \[lq]index.php\[rq] and +\[lq]api.php\[rq] live. +On Wikimedia sites, it\[cq]s \[lq]/w/\[rq], the default, but other sites +may use \[lq]/\[rq] or something else entirely. +.TP +--\f[B]username\f[R] \f[I]USERNAME\f[R] +Username for private wikis that require a login even for read access. +.TP +--\f[B]password\f[R] \f[I]PASSWORD\f[R] +Password for private wikis that require a login even for read access. +.TP +-\f[B]o\f[R], --\f[B]output\f[R] \f[I]OUTPUT\f[R] +By default, the output filename is the same as the remote filename +(without the File: or Image: prefix), but this can be changed with this +option. +.TP +-\f[B]l\f[R], --\f[B]logfile\f[R] \f[I]LOGFILE\f[R] +Specify a logfile, which will contain detailed information about the +download process. +If the logfile already exists, new log information is appended to it. +.TP +-\f[B]f\f[R], --\f[B]force\f[R] +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. +.TP +-\f[B]v\f[R], --\f[B]verbose\f[R] +Print additional information, such as the site used and the full URL of +the file. +Additional invocations will increase the level of detail. +.TP +-\f[B]q\f[R], --\f[B]quiet\f[R] +Silence warnings and minimize printed output. +.TP +-\f[B]h\f[R], --\f[B]help\f[R] +Print a brief summary of these options. +.SH EXAMPLES +.IP +.EX +wikiget File:Example.jpg +wikiget --site en.wikipedia.org File:Example.jpg +wikiget https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Example.jpg -o test.jpg +.EE +.SH BUG REPORTS +<https://github.com/clpo13/wikiget/issues> +.SH LICENSE +Copyright (C) 2018-2023 Cody Logan and contributors +.PP +This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it +under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the +Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at your +option) any later version. +.PP +This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but +WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of +MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. +See the GNU General Public License for more details. +.PP +You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along +with this program. +If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>. +.SH AUTHORS +Cody Logan <clpo13@gmail.com>. |