wget using wildcards using http

hcclnoodles · April 13, 2005, 9:31am

Hi there, probably a really simple question but i want to download all .rpm files from a web repository which happens to be http and not ftp

Ive tried using wget, but as far as i can see it doesnt allow for wilcards (ie wget http://address/*.rpm\)

does anybody know i can get all these files in one hit ?

ps - ive tried rsync aswell but to no avail

vgersh99 · April 13, 2005, 9:42am

try quoting your URL so that it does not get expanded by the shell:
wget ..... 'http://address/*.rpm'

hcclnoodles · April 13, 2005, 10:50am

Thanks, but as per your reply, globbing will only work with FTP and not HTTP, thanks anyway though

I also tried quoting the url in both ' and " to no avail ... i still get

ERROR 404: Not Found.

when i quote with ` i get

wget: missing URL
Usage: wget [OPTION]... ...

incidentally my url is