Re: [Bug-wget] how to prevnt wget from following 302 Location header?

[Tim Ruehsen]

On Thursday 08 August 2013 11:51:53 Darshit Shah wrote:
> > I have searched in the wget's man page for info how to prevent wget
> > from follow after 302 Location headers and I didn't find any
> > appropriate material. has someone here any idea?
> 
> Why would you not want to follow the 302 Header? In case you simply
> want the location, use the --spider mode which will not download the
> file. You could couple that with the -S which will print the Server
> Headers on stdout. 
> 
> However, there is no way (currently) to prevent wget from following a
> 302 Header. 

--max-redirect=0 should do it.

Regards, Tim