MIKE WILSON → NOTES → WGET — Updated January 11, 2005

Wget

Option	Description
-w n	Wait n seconds between retrievals
-nH	Don't create a hostname directory
--cut-dirs n	Remove n levels of directory from the locally produced directory tree
-r	recursive descent
-k	convert links to refer to the local copies
-np	Don't exit the subdirectory given by the URL

To grab a directory but not drift outside

wget -w <n sec> -nH --cut-dirs <n levels> -r -k -np <URL>