Downloading www.c-faq.com ? - C

"lisp9000@gmail.com" <lisp9000@gmail.com> writes:
> Does anyone know the correct arguments for wget so that it will
> download all of the c-faq.com as a single set of HTML files and they
> will be properly linked (so clicking a link will take you to the
> appropriate page that was downloaded)?
>
> I tried to find a PDF version but it doesn't seem to exist.
>
> Also does anyone know of a single HTML file version (only one big
> file)?

The front page has a link to a page that discusses other versions of
the FAQ: <http://c-faq.com/versions.html>. That page says:

You probably just came from there, but there is a browsable,
web-based HTML version. (Please don't ask me for a downloadable
archive of the HTML version, as I'm currently unable to provide
one. Just browse it here, or download one of the versions below.)

It may be possible to download the whole thing using wget; consult the
wget documentation for details. (The last time I tried to download a
directory tree using wget, it grabbed more than I wanted it to.)

If the plain-text file is good enough for your purposes, I suggest
using it.

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"lisp9000@gmail.com" wrote:
>
> Does anyone know the correct arguments for wget so that it will
> download all of the c-faq.com as a single set of HTML files and
> they will be properly linked (so clicking a link will take you to
> the appropriate page that was downloaded)?
>
> I tried to find a PDF version but it doesn't seem to exist.
>
> Also does anyone know of a single HTML file version (only one big
> file)?

Try <http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/C-faq/top.html> (C-faq)

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On Sep 14, 8:46 pm, Keith Thompson <ks...@mib.org> wrote:
>
> The front page has a link to a page that discusses other versions of
> the FAQ: <http://c-faq.com/versions.html>. That page says:
>
> You probably just came from there, but there is a browsable,
> web-based HTML version. (Please don't ask me for a downloadable
> archive of the HTML version, as I'm currently unable to provide
> one. Just browse it here, or download one of the versions below.)
>
> It may be possible to download the whole thing using wget; consult the
> wget documentation for details. (The last time I tried to download a
> directory tree using wget, it grabbed more than I wanted it to.)

Hi Keith,

Yeah, I had the same experience with wget. Will try experimenting.

> If the plain-text file is good enough for your purposes, I suggest
> using it.

Ok. I was wary since it hadn't been updated since 2004.

Lisp 9000

"lisp9000@gmail.com" <lisp9000@gmail.com> writes:

> Does anyone know the correct arguments for wget so that it will
> download all of the c-faq.com as a single set of HTML files and they
> will be properly linked (so clicking a link will take you to the
> appropriate page that was downloaded)?

Try this one:

wget -m -k www.c-faq.com

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"lisp9000@gmail.com" wrote:
> Keith Thompson <ks...@mib.org> wrote:
>
.... snip ...
>
>> If the plain-text file is good enough for your purposes, I suggest
>> using it.
>
> Ok. I was wary since it hadn't been updated since 2004.

Why revise something that is already correct, perfect, etc. Lots
of my published code is dated earlier than that.

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On Sat, 15 Sep 2007 12:40:33 -0400, in comp.lang.c , CBFalconer
<cbfalconer@yahoo.com> wrote:

>"lisp9000@gmail.com" wrote:
>> Keith Thompson <ks...@mib.org> wrote:
>>
>... snip ...
>>
>>> If the plain-text file is good enough for your purposes, I suggest
>>> using it.
>>
>> Ok. I was wary since it hadn't been updated since 2004.
>
>Why revise something that is already correct, perfect, etc.

Strictly speaking its not perfect, and some of it is no longer
entirely correct. There could also be some useful additions. That
said, the book version is probably a little different by now.
--
Mark McIntyre

"Debugging is twice as hard as writing the code in the first place.
Therefore, if you write the code as cleverly as possible, you are,
by definition, not smart enough to debug it."
--Brian Kernighan

CBFalconer <cbfalconer@yahoo.com> writes:
> "lisp9000@gmail.com" wrote:
>> Does anyone know the correct arguments for wget so that it will
>> download all of the c-faq.com as a single set of HTML files and
>> they will be properly linked (so clicking a link will take you to
>> the appropriate page that was downloaded)?
>>
>> I tried to find a PDF version but it doesn't seem to exist.
>>
>> Also does anyone know of a single HTML file version (only one big
>> file)?
>
> Try <http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/C-faq/top.html> (C-faq)

That just redirects to c-faq.com, the new(ish) canonical site.

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San Diego Supercomputer Center <*> <http://users.sdsc.edu/~kst>
"We must do something. This is something. Therefore, we must do this."
-- Antony Jay and Jonathan Lynn, "Yes Minister"

CBFalconer <cbfalconer@yahoo.com> writes:
> "lisp9000@gmail.com" wrote:
>> Keith Thompson <ks...@mib.org> wrote:
>>> If the plain-text file is good enough for your purposes, I suggest
>>> using it.
>>
>> Ok. I was wary since it hadn't been updated since 2004.
>
> Why revise something that is already correct, perfect, etc. Lots
> of my published code is dated earlier than that.

I think the plain-text version is older than the HTML version, which
was massively updated in December of 2005. (I didn't realize that
when I suggested using the plain-text version.)

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Keith Thompson (The_Other_Keith) kst-u@mib.org <http://www.ghoti.net/~kst>
San Diego Supercomputer Center <*> <http://users.sdsc.edu/~kst>
"We must do something. This is something. Therefore, we must do this."
-- Antony Jay and Jonathan Lynn, "Yes Minister"

Keith Thompson wrote:
> CBFalconer <cbfalconer@yahoo.com> writes:
>> "lisp9000@gmail.com" wrote:
>>
>>> Does anyone know the correct arguments for wget so that it will
>>> download all of the c-faq.com as a single set of HTML files and
>>> they will be properly linked (so clicking a link will take you to
>>> the appropriate page that was downloaded)?
>>>
>>> I tried to find a PDF version but it doesn't seem to exist.
>>>
>>> Also does anyone know of a single HTML file version (only one big
>>> file)?
>>
>> Try <http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/C-faq/top.html> (C-faq)
>
> That just redirects to c-faq.com, the new(ish) canonical site.

Oh. It used to be the other way around, IIRC.

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