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Downloading [complete web site] to the hard drive

Discussion in 'General Internet' started by Adam Isa, 2010/06/02.

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    Adam Isa

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    Hello all. Not too sure if this is in the correct place but I was just wondering is there a way of downloading the contents of a specific website, and all the pages therein, to my hard drive so I can view them at my leisure without being connected to the Internet e.g. if I was travelling? I have tried searching for it but can't really seem to find anything.

    There is a program called Sufroffline Browser 2.0 but a) I don't know if that would suit me and b) it's a bit costly costing almost £39 once converted to £ and with the sales tax.

    Thanks in advance.
     
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    TonyT

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    wget is a Unix/Linux command line utility to do that. It's real easy to use and very fast. There's a version for Windows here:
    http://gnuwin32.sourceforge.net/packages/wget.htm

    Once installed, open a command prompt use this command to get an entire site:
    Code:
    wget -r -k http://www.the-site-u-want.com
    The -r switch means recursive download, i.e. the entire site: all folders and sub-folders and their contents. Be careful with that because a site can be thousands of megabytes if it has multimedia content.

    The -k switch converts links on pages so the links work when viewing them locally.

    If all you want is a directory such as the-site-o-want.com/family-pages, then use
    Code:
    wget -k http://www.the-site-u-want.com/family-pages
     
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    Adam Isa

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    Thanks for the reply TonyT. I downloaded the .exe of that program, then the sources. Installed them both and went to the folder that they had been installed. Opened up the wget.exe and the command prompt just flashes up and literally disappears a second later. Any ideas? Tried rebooting but it's still the same.
     
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    TonyT

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    It's a command line program, you cannot doubble click to open it. You first open a prompt and then type the commands.
     
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    Adam Isa

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    I am completely confused. I thought I had to open the wget.exe and tytpe the commands within that, but it only flashes open and then closes. Where do I type the commands?
     
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    rsinfo

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    "wget" is a DOS utility. Open Command Prompt & then type wget <enter>.

    Read the FAQ/manual for more details.
     
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    Adam Isa

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    Oh, I've already tried this. I just get ''wget' is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file'.
     
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    PeteC

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    What operating system are you using?

    If it's Windows 7 you may need to use an elevated command prompt ....

    Orb > All Programs > Accessories - Right click on Command prompt > Run as Administrator.

    Could be the same in Vista, but never used that OS.
     
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    Adam Isa

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    Yeah, it is Windows 7 Pete. Tried doing it that way but I just get the same message.

    'C:\Windows\system32\wget

    'wget' is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file'. '
     
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    rsinfo

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    You have to specify the complete path or add the folder where wget.exe is in PATH variable to execute it. The easier way is to copy the file into Windows folder.
     
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    rsinfo

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    Adam,

    Could you please change the title to something like "Downloading web sites to Hard drive" instead of "Downloading the Internet to the hard drive" ?

    I almost fell off my chair when I first saw your post heading :D.
     
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    PeteC

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    Good call rsinfo :) Done
     
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    Adam Isa

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    Haha, sorry about that.
     
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