using wget

[luckoftheirish]

is it possible to use wget command to send a http get request and not wait for the response?

in regular use when i make a call with wget i get a response message like 200 ok to let me know the request was successfull.

is there any parameter i can use which will allow my wget request to just send the http get and not wait on a response?

[garyalex]

Not sure why you would want to do this... what are you trying to achieve?

[luckoftheirish]

when i do a wget it creates a file with response data. id prefer not to have these files building up on the server as i need to send the request once a day.

i just want to be able make a request to a specific URL, which will then kick off a custom job , and in the meantime let the server forget about waiting for any response

[garyalex]

You can use wget --spider $URL ... it won't download anything then.

Does that help?

If wget hangs on that request waiting for your remote server you can always run a kill command 5 mins later from cron...

[luckoftheirish]

ya that sounds right, no download should mean no new content placed on the server, thanks!

[garyalex]

No problem, glad to help!