web2disk - howto?

urbane_gorilla · 01-28-2010, 10:14 AM

Hello All,

First time try - I cannot find any instructions anywhere about using the web2disk tool. I tried the usual things web2disk -h , web2disk ? and suchlike but nothing except the program seemed to be running and DOING SOMETHING!

Can anyone enlighten me? I am used to using Plucker which is a similar tool for
my Palm PDA which works extremely well.

For example, how doies one specify:
1. Where the output goes
2. How many levels of link to follow (to avoid downloading the whole of the internet)
3. Whether or not to allow links to another site

etc.

Thanks in advance,

Dave

kovidgoyal · 01-28-2010, 11:56 AM

http://calibre-ebook.com/user_manual/cli/web2disk.html

urbane_gorilla · 01-28-2010, 12:31 PM

Hello Korvid,

Thanks for your (very prompt!) reply and thanks for not using any words like "useless" or "half-wit" in your reply!

Best Wishes,

Dave

bthoven · 03-29-2010, 04:48 AM

Just wish to ask the same question on using web2disk.

I'm interested in the --match-regexp parameter, because I think it could be used to somehow control the webpages I wish to download. For example, if I have a webiste:

http://www.test.com/money/index.html

and I wish to download only any links (may be one link depth or -r 1) inside www.test.com/money/ , how can I specify the --match-regexp?

Thanks

01-28-2010, 10:14 AM	#1
urbane_gorilla Junior Member Posts: 4 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Sheffield, UK Device: Hanlin V3	web2disk - howto? Hello All, First time try - I cannot find any instructions anywhere about using the web2disk tool. I tried the usual things web2disk -h , web2disk ? and suchlike but nothing except the program seemed to be running and DOING SOMETHING! Can anyone enlighten me? I am used to using Plucker which is a similar tool for my Palm PDA which works extremely well. For example, how doies one specify: 1. Where the output goes 2. How many levels of link to follow (to avoid downloading the whole of the internet) 3. Whether or not to allow links to another site etc. Thanks in advance, Dave

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01-28-2010, 11:56 AM	#2
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 43,826 Karma: 22666666 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	http://calibre-ebook.com/user_manual/cli/web2disk.html

01-28-2010, 12:31 PM	#3
urbane_gorilla Junior Member Posts: 4 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Sheffield, UK Device: Hanlin V3	Hello Korvid, Thanks for your (very prompt!) reply and thanks for not using any words like "useless" or "half-wit" in your reply! Best Wishes, Dave

03-29-2010, 04:48 AM	#4
bthoven Evangelist Posts: 475 Karma: 590 Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Bangkok, Thailand Device: Kindle Paperwhite	Just wish to ask the same question on using web2disk. I'm interested in the --match-regexp parameter, because I think it could be used to somehow control the webpages I wish to download. For example, if I have a webiste: http://www.test.com/money/index.html and I wish to download only any links (may be one link depth or -r 1) inside www.test.com/money/ , how can I specify the --match-regexp? Thanks

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