wget --directory-prefix=prefix and --output-document=file does not work togeter

[commodore65]

here is my problem:
when I execute:

wget --directory-prefix=prefix google.com

it works as it is supposed to work and saves the file to the path given in the prefix..
but when I try to execute smthng like that:

wget --directory-prefix=prefix --output-document=file google.com

it generates the file in the folder that I am currently in.. In does not create the file on the prefix I defined. so --directory-prefix=prefix becomes useless..

Any help appreciated.
- this is my first post by the way

[tezma90]

hi, I had your same problem, I tried:
wget 'url' -O - > /save/location/filename
and it worked it's complicated but at least it works.

[elija]

Hi tezma90,

Welcome to Linux Forums. Thanks for posting a quite elegant solution to the problem but as this thread is well over two years old, I'm going ahead and closing it.