[plug] wget query

[GB]

Why not use Netscape?

Works for me..  ;^)=

Garry..

At 05:01 PM 9/2/99 +0800, you wrote:
>I have been trying to use wget to download lecture notes from school.
>
>I am using RH6 Linux, and the wget version that came with it.
>
>One source of lecture notes includes the tilde character (~) in the path.
>
>The lecture notes lie in subdirectories under the directories that start with
>the tilde.
>
>I assume that this is the reason that wget does not download the files. wget
>shows %7E where the tilde character would be in the path.
>
>Does anyone know how to get around this?
>
>Thanks.
>
>Bret Busby
>.......................
>
>
Windows 98: n.
 32 bit extensions and a graphical shell for a 16 bit patch to an
 8 bit operating system originally coded for a 4 bit microprocessor,
 written by a 2 bit company, that can't stand 1 bit of competition.