Re: [Bug-wget] Prob: w/ "Invalid Argument" message

[Ray Satiro]

> C:\Documents and Settings\user> "C:\Program  Files\GnuWin32\bin\wget.exe" -N 
> -c 
>-S -r -l 0 -k -p -w 1 -x -t 0 -np -A *  --preserve-permissions 
>--user=anonymous 
>address@hidden -P "I:\host_stuff\" -o  "I:\Logs\wGet\" 
>"ftp://ftp.host.domain.com/dir1/db/";


There are two parsing issues.
1 Asterisks are expanded to matching filenames by the command line interpreter. 
Depending on version even if quoted.
2 Placing a backslash before a double quote escapes it

I didn't check your other arguments but what you want is probably this
"C:\Program Files\GnuWin32\bin\wget.exe" -N -c -S -r -l 0 -k -p -w 1 -x -t 0 
-np 
--preserve-permissions --user=anonymous address@hidden -P 
"I:\host_stuff" -a "I:\Logs\wGet\wget.log" "ftp://ftp.host.domain.com/dir1/db/";

no asterisk if you want to accept all files
no backslash before the quote. if you really needed to pass I:\host_stuff\ you 
would pass "I:\host_stuff\\"
the log names are not generated automatically you must choose a name

also related:
a quoting issue came up in the gnuwin32 help forum recently. I wrote a simple 
program getargs to demonstrate how command line arguments will be seen by a gcc 
compiled C program after the command line is parsed. if you want a better 
understanding read this
https://sourceforge.net/projects/gnuwin32/forums/forum/74807/topic/4550522



----- Original Message ----
> From: J. Maxwell <address@hidden>
> To: address@hidden
> Sent: Mon, June 6, 2011 2:03:01 AM
> Subject: [Bug-wget] Prob: w/ "Invalid Argument" message
> 
> Hello,
> 
> I am setting up wGet on an XP Windows platform for downloading a  database, 
>once established I'll attempt to mirror it.
> The command line I have  supplied is as follows:
> 
> C:\Documents and Settings\user> "C:\Program  Files\GnuWin32\bin\wget.exe" -N 
> -c 
>-S -r -l 0 -k -p -w 1 -x -t 0 -np -A *  --preserve-permissions 
>--user=anonymous 
>address@hidden -P "I:\host_stuff\" -o  "I:\Logs\wGet\" 
>"ftp://ftp.host.domain.com/dir1/db/";
> 
> Stdout  =>
> SYSTEM_WGETRC = c:/progra~1/wget/etc/wgetrc
> syswgetrc = C:\Program  Files\GnuWin32/etc/wgetrc
> --2011-06-05 19:47:57--  http://.texlive2010/
> Resolving  .texlive2010... failed: Host not found.
> C:\Program Files\GnuWin32\bin\wget:  unable to resolve host address 
>`.texlive2010
> '
> --2011-06-05  19:48:00--  http://.virtualbox/
> Resolving .virtualbox... failed: Host not  found.
> ----
> ----
> ----
> /             Process attempts to resolve a long list of all folders and 
> files 
>in my  C:\Documents and Settings\user> folder
>             Then it eventually gets to the host's URL
> /
> --2011-06-05 19:53:50--  ftp://ftp.host.domain.com/dir1/db/
>             => `I:/host_stuff" -o  
>I:/Logs/wGet"/ftp.host.domain.com/dir1/db/.listing'
> Resolving  ftp.host.domain.com... xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx
> Connecting to  ftp.host.domain.com|xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx|:21... connected.
> Logging in as anonymous  ...
> 220-
>  Warning Notice!
> ----
> ----
> ----
> 230 Anonymous access  granted, restrictions apply.
> --> SYST
> 
> 215 UNIX Type: L8
> -->  PWD
> 
> 257 "/" is current directory.
> --> TYPE I
> 
> 200 Type set to  I
> --> CWD /dir1/db
> 
> 250 CWD command successful
> -->  PASV
> 
> 227 Entering Passive Mode (xxx,xxx,xxx,xxx,196,77)
> --> LIST  -a
> 
> 150 Opening ASCII mode data connection for file list
> I:/host_stuff"  -o I:/Logs/wGet"/ftp.host.domain.com/dir1/db: Invalid 
>argumentI:/host_stuff" -o  I:/Logs/wGet"/ftp.host.domain.com/dir1/db/.listing: 
>Invalid argument
> unlink:  Invalid argument
> 
> Then process dies and returns the shell prompt.
> One  thing that I have noticed is that I entered the directory format for the 
>C:\,  and I:\ directories in Microsoft's format with "\" but Stdout spit them 
>back out  in UNIX syntax when it complains of "Invalid arguments".
> I also changed the  wgetrc file in both the bin and the etc directories to 
>.wgetrc and added default  parameters to them, returned them to original MT 
>state also.
> 
> Hopefully,  someone can tell me where I am messing up.
> 
> Thanks!
> 
>