[plug] wget

[Jeremy Malcolm]

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> I am using wget to download  from an ftp but one of the directory
names
> has an apostrophe ( ' ) in it, this cause probs as wget use's the
> apostrophe to signify the start and end of the download path. Does
> anyone know how I can get around this and using a diferent app is
not an
> option as I am telnetting to box that is using wget.

You can URL-encode strings with wget.  In the case of an apostrophe,
this means %27.

Hope this helps!

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