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[–]actionscripted 2 points3 points ago

wget -r -p -U Mozilla http://www.somesite.com

[–]Ludonaut 10 points11 points ago

Shorter and easier to memorize is the --mirror option:

wget --mirror http://domain.tld

[–]strangeelement 0 points1 point ago

OP, listen to this man. Or woman. Or alien.

[–]LeonBo 8 points9 points ago

http://www.httrack.com/ Looks awful, works great.

[–]magenta_placenta 1 point2 points ago

I've used this before, works great from my experience.

[–]Zitozu[S] 0 points1 point ago

I tried downloading /sci/ guide with this a couple days ago. After two hours of downloading the website, suddenly I see that it's downloading tons of other websites. I don't know, just made me doubt.

[–]yusit 2 points3 points ago

SiteSucker for mac

[–]barlister 1 point2 points ago

Most of these suggestions won't work on fully ajaxified sites, but most of the sites you're talking about probably aren't ajaxified.

[–]Zitozu[S] 0 points1 point ago

So what suggestions would work on fully ajaxified sites?

[–]scootstah 1 point2 points ago

Nothing, because you can't download the server side files.

[–]barlister 0 points1 point ago

There is no good answer for that aside from fully automating a test suite for the entire site explicitely with something like watin.

[–]Zitozu[S] 0 points1 point ago

Yeah, that's not quite an option I'd even consider. I just want lots of science and knowledge shit on my hard drive is all.

[–]karlpablo 5 points6 points ago

You wouldn't download a website.

[–]proxylim 0 points1 point ago

In almost all cases I use wget, but another great tool with a GUI is http://www.httrack.com/

[–]lemkepf 2 points3 points ago

I've used MetaProducts Offline Explorer with great success. We use it to backup full versions of our ecommerce sites and then export them to a dvd for lawyer purposes. They can extract it then browse through it as if it was a live website.

[–]Zitozu[S] 0 points1 point ago

Can it extract entire websites as a offline browser?

[–]lemkepf 0 points1 point ago

Yup. You can download the demo and give it a try.