Tag: wget

Make Offline Mirror of a Site Using `wget`

Sometimes you want to create an offline copy of a site that you can take with you and view even without internet access. Using wget, you can make such a copy easily:

wget --mirror --convert-links --adjust-extension --page-requisites 
--no-parent http://example.org

Explanation of the various flags:

  • --mirror – Makes (among other things) the download recursive.
  • --convert-links – Converts all the links (also to things like CSS stylesheets) to relative links, so it will be suitable for offline viewing.
  • --adjust-extension – Adds suitable extensions to filenames (html or css) depending on their content type.
  • --page-requisites – Downloads things like CSS stylesheets and images required to properly display the page offline.
  • --no-parent – When recursing, do not ascend to the parent directory. It is useful for restricting the download to only a portion of the site.

Alternatively, the command above may be shortened:

wget -mkEpnp http://example.org

Note: The last p is part of np (--no-parent), and hence you see p twice in the flags.