Re: [Bug-wget] QuickStart tutorial

[Rahul Prasad]

Thanx Tony,
Your OptionHowTo tutorial was very good. And I started thinking about
contributing only after reading it.
With every opensource project I want to start working, I dont find how to
begin. Your tutorial helped alot.

but I thing you need to add more details,
Instead of just telling how to do it, Give an example of implementing
something very basic. that will drive more contributers I guess.


I want to implement a batch download feature.
Format: wget -batch 01-10 http://rahulprasad.com/pics/img[*].jpg
this will add http://rahulprasad.com/pics/img01.jpg to
http://rahulprasad.com/pics/img10.jpg to the queue.

Plz tell me where show I add
if(opt.batch) {
     // Loop
     //  Add to queue.
}

Also,
Please tell me the function used to add to queue.
Or refer me to code where *add to queue* is implemented



Regards
Rahul Prasad
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Web: www.rahulprasad.com


2010/10/14 Tony Lewis <address@hidden>

> Rahul Prasad wrote:
>
> > I cant understand the flow of control. If you provide me with a quick
> > tutorial on how to solve the problem that I have given, I can quick start
> > coding instead of spending time in analyzing 1000 lines of code.
>
> The tutorial shows you how to add a command-line option and a corresponding
> value in the opt structure that will be set when the command-line option is
> used. The magic part is the last line:
>
> "Modify the processing of wget to take into account the value of
> opt.variable"
>
> Once you have added --rahul, you have to implement it in the appropriate
> place with wget by doing something like this:
>
> if (opt.rahul) {
>  // implement the rahul feature
> }
>
> The magic part (figuring out where to add your new feature) is left as an
> exercise to the reader. If your new feature is even vaguely related to some
> existing feature then grep that feature. For example, looking at all
> instances of opt.noclobber will reveal how --no-clobber is implemented.
>
> If you want to add a new feature that's unlike any existing feature, you
> will have to study the wget sources to determine where to insert your new
> option. You could also describe the feature you want to implement on
> address@hidden and you'll likely get some pointers as to which source
> files to focus on.
>
> Hope that helps.
>
> PS) I wrote the Options How-To and welcome any feedback on its contents. I
> probably should have included a deeper explanation of the "magic" part.
>
>