This is a port of wget 1.8.2 to DOS. It includes support for SSL (the
https:/ protocol). It does not have National Language Support. This
program does NOT interface with Winsock under Windows9x. If you use
Windows, see one of the Windows ports of wget, rather than this port,
which uses the WATT-32 tcp library. To use wget, there MUST be a packet
driver loaded, and you should have a working WATTCP.CFG file. The
documentation is best read with the "info" program, but can be read
with any text viewer. To install the documentation, edit your "DIR"
file, to include the line that starts with "*" at the beginning of the
wget.inf file. This can be done automatically by the "install-info"
program. If you are in plain DOS, with 8+3 filesystem, the file is
called "install-.exe". If you don't have info, it is available from
"ftp://ftp.simtel.net/pub/simtelnet/gnu/djgpp/v2gnu/txi42b.zip".

Wget is best run from a batch file that installs the packet driver and
sets the necessary environment variables. HOME should point to the
directory where _wgetrc and _netrc reside. WATTCP.CFG should point to
the directory where the file "WATTCP.CFG" resides. The appropriate
packet driver depends on the network card installed. If calling over a
modem, the DOSPPP program by Antonio Lopez is recommended, but other
PPP packet drivers or SLIP packet drivers may work. The WATTCP.CFG file
must have correct information as to your IP address, Gateway IP address,
and domain nameservers. If you use dynamic IP addreessing and can't use
BOOTP, then these will have to be entered each time. Environment
variables can be used. See the WATTCP.CFG file for details.

Wget can be used as an external program with the DOS port of lynx. The
DOS port uses $HOME/_wgetrc and $HOME/_netrc rather than the ".wgetrc"
and ".netrc" files referred to in the documentation. The ability of
wget to function in the background is not present in this port. The
same setup which works with the WATT-32 DOS version of lynx should work
with this port. See the lynx distribution from my site for more detail.
Source code for wget is available from any GNU mirror site, or from
"ftp://ftp.gnu.org/pub/wget".

The 0.6 pre-beta version of DOSPPP is available from:
"http://personal.redestb.es/tonilop/dosppp/dosppp06.zip"
"http://www.ibiblio.org/pub/micro/pc-stuff/freedos/files/net/dosppp/dosppp06.zip"
"http:///www.ncf.carleton.ca/ncf/pda/computer/dos/net/dosppp06.zip"

Other packet drivers can be obtained from
"ftp://ftp.crynwr.com/drivers" and from
"ftp://ftp.columbia.edu/packet-drivers".

Like all DJGPP programs, wget is a protected mode program and needs
a protected mode interface such as CWSDPMI. You may need to place
CWSDPMI.EXE in your path. Math coprocessor emulation (387) is built
into the executable and should be used automatically if you don't have
a math coprocessor. CWSDPMI is available from any DJGPP mirror site,
or at "ftp://ftp.simtel.net/pub/simtelnet/gnu/djgpp/v2misc/"

See the WATT-32 lynx distribution at
"http://www.rahul.net/dkaufman/index.html".

This port was compiled with DJGPP 2.03, Binutils 2.11.2, GCC
2.95.2, WATT-32 2.1 dev.rel.5 and openssl-0.9.7-beta3. It uses the
wmemu library for 387 emulation. Source code for 
wmemu can be obtained from any of the DJGPP mirror sites, such as
"ftp://ftp.simtel.net/pub/simtelnet/gnu/djgpp/". Source code for
WATT-32 is available at "http://www.bgnett.no/~giva".

Send comments about the DOS port to "dkaufman@rahul.net".
                           Doug Kaufman
