wget .listing file, is there a way to specify the name of it

Ok so I need to run wget but I'm prohibited from creating 'dot' files in the location that I need to run the wget. So my question is 'Can I get wget to use a name other than .listing that I can specify'.

further clarification : this is to sync / mirror an ftp folder with a local one, So using the -O option is not really useful, as I require all files to开发者_开发知识库 maintain format.

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You can use the -O option to set the output filename, as in:

wget -O file http://stackoverflow.com

You can also use wget --help to get a complete list of options.

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For folks that come along afterwards, and are surprised by an answer to the wrong question, here is a copy of one of the comments below:

@FelixD, yes, unfortunately misunderstood the question. Looking at the code for wget version 1.19 (Feb 2017), specifically ftp.c, it appears that the .listing file is hardcoded in macro LIST_FILENAME, and no override possible. There are probably better options for mirroring ftp sites - maybe take a look at lftp and its mirror command, also includes parallel downloads: lftp.yar.ru

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@Paul: You can use that -O option specified by spong

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No. You can't do this.

wget/src/ftp.c

/* File where the "ls -al" listing will be saved.  */
#ifdef MSDOS
#define LIST_FILENAME "_listing"
#else
#define LIST_FILENAME ".listing"
#endif

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I have same problem; wget seems to save the .listing file in current directory where wget was called from, regardless of -O path/outpout_file

As an ugly/desperate solution we can try to run wget from random directories:

cd /temp/random_1; wget ftp://example.com/ -O /full/save_path/to_file_1.txt

cd /temp/random_2; wget ftp://example.com/ -O /full/save_path/to_file_2.txt

Note: manual says that using the --no-remove-listing option will cause it to create .listing.1, .listing.2, etc, so that might be an option to avoid conflicts.

Note: .listing file is not created at all if ftp login failed.