Why does wget only download the index.html for some websites?

Question

I\'m trying to use wget command:

wget -p http://www.example.com 

to fetch all the files on the main page. For some websites it works but i

Answer 1

Another problem might be that the site you're mirroring uses links without www. So if you specify

wget -p -r http://www.example.com

it won't download any linked (intern) pages because they are from a "different" domain. If this is the case then use

wget -p -r http://example.com

instead (without www).

Answer 2

I know that this thread is old, but try what is mentioned by Ritesh with:

--no-cookies

It worked for me!