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Initial revamp of -O documentation

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Micah Cowan 2007-09-12 10:14:14 -07:00
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@ -548,6 +548,13 @@ is used as @var{file}, documents will be printed to standard output,
disabling link conversion. (Use @samp{./-} to print to a file
literally named @samp{-}.)
Use of @samp{-O} is @emph{not} intended to mean simply ``use the name
@var{file} instead of the one in the URL;'' rather, it is
analogous to shell redirection.
@samp{wget -O file http://foo} is intended to work like
@samp{wget -O - http://foo > file}. @file{file} will be truncated
immediately, and don't expect timestamping to work with it.
Note that a combination with @samp{-k} is only well-defined for
downloading a single document.