[bug #59497] Oops -N documentation is under -nc

[Frederick Eaton]

URL:
  <https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?59497>

                 Summary: Oops -N documentation is under -nc
                 Project: GNU Wget
            Submitted by: misfit
            Submitted on: Sat 21 Nov 2020 01:07:43 PM UTC
                Category: Documentation
                Severity: 3 - Normal
                Priority: 5 - Normal
                  Status: None
                 Privacy: Public
             Assigned to: None
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             Open/Closed: Open
                 Release: 1.20
         Discussion Lock: Any
        Operating System: None
         Reproducibility: None
           Fixed Release: None
         Planned Release: None
              Regression: None
           Work Required: None
          Patch Included: None

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Details:

The wget(1) man page says under the "-nc" option:

           When running Wget with -N, with or without -r or -p, the
           decision as to whether or not to download a newer copy of a
           file depends on the local and remote timestamp and size of
           the file. -nc may not be specified at the same time as -N.

But under the "-N" option is nothing:

       -N
       --timestamping
           Turn on time-stamping.

This might be confusing because users reading the documentation might expect
"-N" to be documented under "-N" rather than "-nc". Presumably it should say
something like

        -N
        --timestamping

           Turn on timestamping. When running Wget with -N, with or
           without -r or -p, the decision as to whether or not to
           download a newer copy of a file depends on the local and
           remote timestamp and size of the file. -nc may not be
           specified at the same time as -N.

        -nc
            ...
            -nc may not be specified at the same time as -N (--timestamping).





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