Mirror a Website With Wget

This article explains how to mirror a website for backup purposes.

This article explains how to mirror a website for backup purposes.

In my younger years while developing in the confinement of Windows, I would use a great peice of open source software called httrack. But now that Linux is extremely easy and cheap to access (Less than a penny per hour at Digital Ocean), we can backup websites using wget.

Obviously you could read the man page, but I decided to create a bash script so all I have to do is enter the domain name and optionally the path to save the file, saving me from having to remember all the options. Checkout my code on GitHub:

Note: Also explore monolith.

Reference

• Linux Journal