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Wget error message

Hi Experts,

Trying to use wget to download a list of files from a file containing weblinks.

Any idea what I am doing wrong here?

C:\Users\fuchspc1>"C:\Program Files (x86)\GnuWin32\bin\wget.exe" "C:\Users\fuchspc1\Documents\httpstheyingerman.comwp-contentuplo.txt"

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And this is the error message.

C:\Users\fuchspc1>"C:\Program Files (x86)\GnuWin32\bin\wget.exe" "C:\Users\fuchspc1\Documents\httpstheyingerman.comwp-contentuplo.txt"
SYSTEM_WGETRC = c:/progra~1/wget/etc/wgetrc
syswgetrc = C:\Program Files (x86)\GnuWin32/etc/wgetrc
--2025-11-04 18:34:40--  ftp://c/%5CUsers%5Cfuchspc1%5CDocuments%5Chttpstheyingerman.comwp-contentuplo.txt
          => `%5CUsers%5Cfuchspc1%5CDocuments%5Chttpstheyingerman.comwp-contentuplo.txt'
Resolving c... failed: Host not found.
C:\Program Files (x86)\GnuWin32\bin\wget: unable to resolve host address `c'

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Thanks

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Where does it download to?

Daniel Pineault (Microsoft MVP)🇨🇦

By default, wget downloads files to the current working directory where the command is executed. However, you can specify the download directory in the command itself using the -P.

"C:\Program Files (x86)\GnuWin32\bin\wget.exe" -i "C:\Users\fuchspc1\Documents\httpstheyingerman.comwp-contentuplo.txt" -P "C:\path\to\download\folder"

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bfuchs🇺🇸

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Why do I get this error when thru the browser I am able to connect?

Unable to establish SSL connection.
--2025-11-04 20:15:08--  https://theyingerman.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Yingerman-Issue-1-Public.pdf
Connecting to theyingerman.com|172.67.134.124|:443... connected.
Unable to establish SSL connection.

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Daniel Pineault (Microsoft MVP)🇨🇦

You could try implementing the ‘--secure-protocol=TLSv1_2’ option

It can also be cause by date/time mismatches between the systems

It can also be due to CA certificate issues.

bfuchs🇺🇸

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Tried all these, nothing helps.

"C:\Program Files (x86)\GnuWin32\bin\wget.exe" -i  "C:\Users\fuchspc1\Documents\httpstheyingerman.comwp-contentuplo.txt" -P "C:\path\to\download\folder" --no-check-certificate ‘--secure-protocol=TLSv1_2’

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