Using wget to recursively fetch a directory with arbitrary files in it

Question

I have a web directory where I store some config files. I\'d like to use wget to pull those files down and maintain their current structure. For instance, the remote directo

Answer 1

You have to pass the -np/--no-parent option to wget (in addition to -r/--recursive, of course), otherwise it will follow the link in the directory index on my site to the parent directory. So the command would look like this:

wget --recursive --no-parent http://example.com/configs/.vim/

To avoid downloading the auto-generated index.html files, use the -R/--reject option:

wget -r -np -R "index.html*" http://example.com/configs/.vim/