Re: [Bug-wget] make wget connect to a given IP/vhost?

[Hrvoje Niksic]

Tom Mizutani <address@hidden> writes:

> If you really believe that "www.example.com" is a virtual server,  I
> suggest to specify the host with "--header" command line option, as
> follows:
>
> wget http://1.1.1.1/  --header 'Host: www.example.com'
> wget http://2.2.2.2/  --header 'Host: www.example.com'

That is exactly the way to do it, and has worked perfectly for me in the
past (in fact, supporting this was an important use case when the
--header feature was last revamped).  Improvements as to how to make
this more apparent in the manual would be most welcome.