GNU wget

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Use GNU wget to download multiple files from web or FTP servers. GNU wget is particularly useful if you must use a poor-quality connection; it can resume interrupted transfers automatically (using its -c option) and offers many useful features for batch-oriented file transfer.

Sources are in wget-*.tar.gz, and binaries for MS-Windows are in wget-*b.zip. The sources can be compiled under GNU/Linux, Mac OS/X, MS-Windows, or any version of UNIX. If you use GNU/Linux, wget may be installed already (it is included in most GNU/Linux distributions).

For a concise summary of how to use wget, use the command:

   wget --help

To download an entire PhysioBank database, for example, use a command such as:

   wget -r -np http://www.physionet.org/physiobank/database/mitdb/
(or substitute the name of a nearby PhysioNet mirror for www.physionet.org).

The GNU wget manual is available here.

IMPORTANT!! PLEASE DON'T USE wget TO MIRROR ALL OF PHYSIONET! THIS MEANS YOU!! You are welcome to set up a mirror if you wish, but use rsync as described in the PhysioNet Mirror-HOWTO to minimize the impact on other users.

For updates of wget, visit the wget home page.

For updates and further information about the MS-Windows ports of wget, look here.