SingleFile: Save a complete web page into a single HTML file

Re:SingleFile: Save a complete web page into a single HTML file by iKlsR on Wednesday March 02, 2022 @10:54AM (#30528680)

Over a decade ago I had a laptop but no internet at home. This was one of the ways I taught myself programming (and also downloading dozens of manga) by using internet explorer at a cafe which had an option to save to mhtml which was one file and had everything self contained. Legit owe a portion of my success to this. I still have some of these files, old crusty hello world c++ tutorials etc.

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Re:SingleFile: Save a complete web page into a single HTML file by falcolas on Wednesday March 02, 2022 @04:53PM (#30533719)

I have fantastic internet, and I still do something similar. Local docs just load so much faster, and if something happens (which it still does, even on Fiber in the US), I have docs and can program.

Lemme see if I can pull up the command I use to mirror doc sites.

    wget \
      --recursive \
      --level=5 \
      --convert-links \
      --page-requisites \
      --wait=1 \
      --random-wait \
      --timestamping \
      --no-parent \
      $1

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Re:SingleFile: Save a complete web page into a single HTML file by a9h74j on Wednesday March 02, 2022 @12:47PM (#30530240)

For people who cannot afford internet access now, and for perhaps more in the future if times get more difficult, I believe this is a very important use-case.

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