General options:

-O

path for mirror/logfiles+cache (-O path mirror[,path cache and logfiles]) (--path <param>)

Action options:

-w

*mirror web sites (--mirror)

-W

mirror web sites, semi-automatic (asks questions) (--mirror-wizard)

-g

just get files (saved in the current directory) (--get-files)

-i

continue an interrupted mirror using the cache (--continue)

-Y

mirror ALL links located in the first level pages (mirror links) (--mirrorlinks)

Proxy options:

-P

proxy use (-P proxy:port or -P user:pass@proxy:port) (--proxy <param>)

-%f

*use proxy for ftp (f0 don t use) (--httpproxy-ftp[=N])

-%b

use this local hostname to make/send requests (-%b hostname) (--bind <param>)

Limits options:

-rN

set the mirror depth to N (* r9999) (--depth[=N])

-%eN

set the external links depth to N (* %e0) (--ext-depth[=N])

-mN

maximum file length for a non-html file (--max-files[=N])

-mN,N2

maximum file length for non html (N) and html (N2)

-MN

maximum overall size that can be uploaded/scanned (--max-size[=N])

-EN

maximum mirror time in seconds (60=1 minute, 3600=1 hour) (--max-time[=N])

-AN

maximum transfer rate in bytes/seconds (1000=1KB/s max) (--max-rate[=N])

-%cN

maximum number of connections/seconds (*%c10) (--connection-per-second[=N])

-GN

pause transfer if N bytes reached, and wait until lock file is deleted (--max-pause[=N])

Flow control:

-cN

number of multiple connections (*c8) (--sockets[=N])

-TN

timeout, number of seconds after a non-responding link is shutdown (--timeout[=N])

-RN

number of retries, in case of timeout or non-fatal errors (*R1) (--retries[=N])

-JN

traffic jam control, minimum transfert rate (bytes/seconds) tolerated for a link (--min-rate[=N])

-HN

host is abandonned if: 0=never, 1=timeout, 2=slow, 3=timeout or slow (--host-control[=N])

Links options:

-%P

*extended parsing, attempt to parse all links, even in unknown tags or Javascript (%P0 don t use) (--extended-parsing[=N])

-n

get non-html files near an html file (ex: an image located outside) (--near)

-t

test all URLs (even forbidden ones) (--test)

-%L

<file> add all URL located in this text file (one URL per line) (--list <param>)

-%S

<file> add all scan rules located in this text file (one scan rule per line) (--urllist <param>)

Build options:

-NN

structure type (0 *original structure, 1+: see below) (--structure[=N])

-or

user defined structure (-N "%h%p/%n%q.%t")

-%N

delayed type check, don t make any link test but wait for files download to start instead (experimental) (%N0 don t use, %N1 use for unknown extensions, * %N2 always use)

-%D

cached delayed type check, don t wait for remote type during updates, to speedup them (%D0 wait, * %D1 don t wait) (--cached-delayed-type-check)

-%M

generate a RFC MIME-encapsulated full-archive (.mht) (--mime-html)

-LN

long names (L1 *long names / L0 8-3 conversion / L2 ISO9660 compatible) (--long-names[=N])

-KN

keep original links (e.g. http://www.adr/link) (K0 *relative link, K absolute links, K4 original links, K3 absolute URI links, K5 transparent proxy link) (--keep-links[=N])

-x

replace external html links by error pages (--replace-external)

-%x

do not include any password for external password protected websites (%x0 include) (--disable-passwords)

-%q

*include query string for local files (useless, for information purpose only) (%q0 don t include) (--include-query-string)

-o

*generate output html file in case of error (404..) (o0 don t generate) (--generate-errors)

-X

*purge old files after update (X0 keep delete) (--purge-old[=N])

-%p

preserve html files as is (identical to -K4 -%F "" ) (--preserve)

-%T

links conversion to UTF-8 (--utf8-conversion)

Spider options:

-bN

accept cookies in cookies.txt (0=do not accept,* 1=accept) (--cookies[=N])

-u

check document type if unknown (cgi,asp..) (u0 don t check, * u1 check but /, u2 check always) (--check-type[=N])

-j

*parse Java Classes (j0 don t parse, bitmask: |1 parse default, |2 don t parse .class |4 don t parse .js |8 don t be aggressive) (--parse-java[=N])

-sN

follow robots.txt and meta robots tags (0=never,1=sometimes,* 2=always, 3=always (even strict rules)) (--robots[=N])

-%h

force HTTP/1.0 requests (reduce update features, only for old servers or proxies) (--http-10)

-%k

use keep-alive if possible, greately reducing latency for small files and test requests (%k0 don t use) (--keep-alive)

-%B

tolerant requests (accept bogus responses on some servers, but not standard!) (--tolerant)

-%s

update hacks: various hacks to limit re-transfers when updating (identical size, bogus response..) (--updatehack)

-%u

url hacks: various hacks to limit duplicate URLs (strip //, www.foo.com==foo.com..) (--urlhack)

-%A

assume that a type (cgi,asp..) is always linked with a mime type (-%A php3,cgi=text/html;dat,bin=application/x-zip) (--assume <param>)

-can

also be used to force a specific file type: --assume foo.cgi=text/html

-@iN

internet protocol (0=both ipv6+ipv4, 4=ipv4 only, 6=ipv6 only) (--protocol[=N])

-%w

disable a specific external mime module (-%w htsswf -%w htsjava) (--disable-module <param>)

Browser ID:

-F

user-agent field sent in HTTP headers (-F "user-agent name") (--user-agent <param>)

-%R

default referer field sent in HTTP headers (--referer <param>)

-%E

from email address sent in HTTP headers (--from <param>)

-%F

footer string in Html code (-%F "Mirrored [from host %s [file %s [at %s]]]" (--footer <param>)

-%l

preffered language (-%l "fr, en, jp, *" (--language <param>)

-%a

accepted formats (-%a "text/html,image/png;q=0.9,*/*;q=0.1" (--accept <param>)

-%X

additional HTTP header line (-%X "X-Magic: 42" (--headers <param>)

Log, index, cache

-C

create/use a cache for updates and retries (C0 no cache,C1 cache is prioritary,* C2 test update before) (--cache[=N])

-k

store all files in cache (not useful if files on disk) (--store-all-in-cache)

-%n

do not re-download locally erased files (--do-not-recatch)

-%v

display on screen filenames downloaded (in realtime) - * %v1 short version - %v2 full animation (--display)

-Q

no log - quiet mode (--do-not-log)

-q

no questions - quiet mode (--quiet)

-z

log - extra infos (--extra-log)

-Z

log - debug (--debug-log)

-v

log on screen (--verbose)

-f

*log in files (--file-log)

-f2

one single log file (--single-log)

-I

*make an index (I0 don t make) (--index)

-%i

make a top index for a project folder (* %i0 don t make) (--build-top-index)

-%I

make an searchable index for this mirror (* %I0 don t make) (--search-index)

Expert options:

-pN

priority mode: (* p3) (--priority[=N])

-p0

just scan, don t save anything (for checking links)

-p1

save only html files

-p2

save only non html files

-*p3

save all files

-p7

get html files before, then treat other files

-S

stay on the same directory (--stay-on-same-dir)

-D

*can only go down into subdirs (--can-go-down)

-U

can only go to upper directories (--can-go-up)

-B

can both go up&down into the directory structure (--can-go-up-and-down)

-a

*stay on the same address (--stay-on-same-address)

-d

stay on the same principal domain (--stay-on-same-domain)

-l

stay on the same TLD (eg: .com) (--stay-on-same-tld)

-e

go everywhere on the web (--go-everywhere)

-%H

debug HTTP headers in logfile (--debug-headers)

Guru options: (do NOT use if possible)

-#X

*use optimized engine (limited memory boundary checks) (--fast-engine)

-#0

filter test (-#0 *.gif www.bar.com/foo.gif ) (--debug-testfilters <param>)

-#1

simplify test (-#1 ./foo/bar/../foobar)

-#2

type test (-#2 /foo/bar.php)

-#C

cache list (-#C *.com/spider*.gif (--debug-cache <param>)

-#R

cache repair (damaged cache) (--repair-cache)

-#d

debug parser (--debug-parsing)

-#E

extract new.zip cache meta-data in meta.zip

-#f

always flush log files (--advanced-flushlogs)

-#FN

maximum number of filters (--advanced-maxfilters[=N])

-#h

version info (--version)

-#K

scan stdin (debug) (--debug-scanstdin)

-#L

maximum number of links (-#L1000000) (--advanced-maxlinks[=N])

-#p

display ugly progress information (--advanced-progressinfo)

-#P

catch URL (--catch-url)

-#R

old FTP routines (debug) (--repair-cache)

-#T

generate transfer ops. log every minutes (--debug-xfrstats)

-#u

wait time (--advanced-wait)

-#Z

generate transfer rate statictics every minutes (--debug-ratestats)

Dangerous options: (do NOT use unless you exactly know what you are doing)

-%!

bypass built-in security limits aimed to avoid bandwidth abuses (bandwidth, simultaneous connections) (--disable-security-limits)

-IMPORTANT

NOTE: DANGEROUS OPTION, ONLY SUITABLE FOR EXPERTS

-USE

IT WITH EXTREME CARE

Command-line specific options:

-V

execute system command after each files ($0 is the filename: -V "rm \$0") (--userdef-cmd <param>)

-%W

use an external library function as a wrapper (-%W myfoo.so[,myparameters]) (--callback <param>)

Details: Option N

-N0

Site-structure (default)

-N1

HTML in web/, images/other files in web/images/

-N2

HTML in web/HTML, images/other in web/images

-N3

HTML in web/, images/other in web/

-N4

HTML in web/, images/other in web/xxx, where xxx is the file extension (all gif will be placed onto web/gif, for example)

-N5

Images/other in web/xxx and HTML in web/HTML

-N99

All files in web/, with random names (gadget !)

-N100

Site-structure, without www.domain.xxx/

-N101

Identical to N1 exept that "web" is replaced by the site s name

-N102

Identical to N2 exept that "web" is replaced by the site s name

-N103

Identical to N3 exept that "web" is replaced by the site s name

-N104

Identical to N4 exept that "web" is replaced by the site s name

-N105

Identical to N5 exept that "web" is replaced by the site s name

-N199

Identical to N99 exept that "web" is replaced by the site s name

-N1001

Identical to N1 exept that there is no "web" directory

-N1002

Identical to N2 exept that there is no "web" directory

-N1003

Identical to N3 exept that there is no "web" directory (option set for g option)

-N1004

Identical to N4 exept that there is no "web" directory

-N1005

Identical to N5 exept that there is no "web" directory

-N1099

Identical to N99 exept that there is no "web" directory

Details: User-defined option N

Details: User-defined option N and advanced variable extraction

-param

: parameter name

-before

: string to prepend if the parameter was found

-after

: string to append if the parameter was found

-notfound

: string replacement if the parameter could not be found

-empty

: string replacement if the parameter was empty

-all

fields, except the first one (the parameter name), can be empty

Details: Option K

-K0

foo.cgi?q=45 -> foo4B54.html?q=45 (relative URI, default)

-K

-> http://www.foobar.com/folder/foo.cgi?q=45 (absolute URL) (--keep-links[=N])

-K3

-> /folder/foo.cgi?q=45 (absolute URI)

-K4

-> foo.cgi?q=45 (original URL)

-K5

-> http://www.foobar.com/folder/foo4B54.html?q=45 (transparent proxy URL)

Shortcuts:

--mirror

<URLs> *make a mirror of site(s) (default)

--get

<URLs> get the files indicated, do not seek other URLs (-qg)

--list

<text file> add all URL located in this text file (-%L)

--mirrorlinks

<URLs> mirror all links in 1st level pages (-Y)

--testlinks

<URLs> test links in pages (-r1p0C0I0t)

--spider

<URLs> spider site(s), to test links: reports Errors & Warnings (-p0C0I0t)

--testsite

<URLs> identical to --spider

--skeleton

<URLs> make a mirror, but gets only html files (-p1)

--update

update a mirror, without confirmation (-iC2)

--continue

continue a mirror, without confirmation (-iC1)

--catchurl

create a temporary proxy to capture an URL or a form post URL

--clean

erase cache & log files

--http10

force http/1.0 requests (-%h)

Details: Option %W: External callbacks prototypes

see htsdefines.h