[svn] * sample.wgetrc: Added entries for backup_converted and waitretry.

* wget.texi (waitretry): Herold Heiko <Heiko.Herold@previnet.it>'s
new option was undocumented until now.  Reworded the suggested documentation he
sent to the list.

doc/ChangeLog

@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
+2000-03-12  Dan Harkless  <dan-wget@dilvish.speed.net>
+
+	* sample.wgetrc: Added entries for backup_converted and waitretry.
+
+	* wget.texi (waitretry): Herold Heiko <Heiko.Herold@previnet.it>'s
+ 	new option was undocumented until now.  Reworded the suggested
+ 	documentation he sent to the list.
+
 2000-03-10  Dan Harkless  <dan-wget@dilvish.speed.net>
 
 	* wget.texi (Recursive Retrieval Options): In -K description,

doc/sample.wgetrc

@@ -82,6 +82,10 @@
 # the number of seconds you want Wget to wait.
 #wait = 0
 
+# If you don't want Wget to wait between every connection, but only between
+# retries of failed downloads, set this to the number of seconds to wait:
+#waitretry = 0
+
 # You can force creating directory structure, even if a single is being
 # retrieved, by setting this to on.
 #dirstruct = off
@@ -90,6 +94,10 @@
 # you are not sure you know what it means) by setting this to on.
 #recursive = off
 
+# To always back up file X as X.orig before converting its links (due to -k /
+# --convert-links / convert_links = on), set this variable to on:
+#backup_converted = off
+
 # To have Wget follow FTP links from HTML files by default, set this
 # to on:
 #follow_ftp = off

doc/wget.texi

@@ -560,6 +560,15 @@ Specifying a large value for this option is useful if the network or the
 destination host is down, so that Wget can wait long enough to
 reasonably expect the network error to be fixed before the retry.
 
+@cindex retries, waiting between
+@cindex waiting between retries
+@item --waitretry=@var{seconds}
+If you don't want Wget to wait between @emph{every} retrieval, but only
+between retries of failed downloads, you can use this option.  If you
+want to make sure you never "hammer" remote sites with rapid retries,
+you can leave it set all the time to some non-zero value using the
+waitretry variable in your @file{.wgetrc} file.
+
 @cindex proxy
 @item -Y on/off
 @itemx --proxy=on/off
@@ -1758,6 +1767,10 @@ Turn verbose on/off, the same as @samp{-v}/@samp{-nv}.
 
 @item wait = @var{n}
 Wait @var{n} seconds between retrievals, the same as @samp{-w}.
+
+@item waitretry = @var{n}
+Wait @var{n} seconds between retries of failed retrievals only -- the same as
+@samp{--waitretry}.
 @end table
 
 @node Sample Wgetrc,  , Wgetrc Commands, Startup File