wget default download directory

[Runn3r.cze]

i've just installed wget downloader and it works, but i want to change the directory where donwloaded files are sotred. can somebody tell how can i do that???
and can i also specify the donwload directory for each download when i'm starting it???

[MikeTbob]

i've just installed wget downloader and it works, but i want to change the directory where donwloaded files are sotred. can somebody tell how can i do that???
and can i also specify the donwload directory for each download when i'm starting it???

From this link
Wget Manual - Invoking

--directory-prefix=prefix'
Set directory prefix to prefix. The directory prefix is the directory where all other files and subdirectories will be saved to, i.e. the top of the retrieval tree. The default is `.' (the current directory).

[Runn3r.cze]

ok thx. this works for the actual download, but can i also set up the default directory where the files will be download when i don't specify the directory prefix? i usually don't want to use the current one...

[MikeTbob]

I don't know a whole lot about wget, and I haven't read the entire tutorial that I linked to, but you could try this
Put an ampersand (&) behind the wget command
cd /where/you/want/downloads/
wget http://somefiles.com/filename &
This will cause wget to run in the background, and also it will free up the command line so you can change to a different directory, or whatever.

[Juan Pablo]

I don't believe wget has this functionality built in but you can use an alias which will work just fine:

alias wget='wget --directory-prefix=prefix'

Change prefix with whatever you want

Put the alias command on .bashrc to make the change permanent