---
name: "wwwoffle.options"
section: "5"
platform: "linux"
package: "wwwoffle"
version: "2.9f-2.2"
release: "Debian 6.0 (Squeeze)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/wwwoffle.options"
---

# wwwoffle.options(5)

configuration options for wwwoffle

## NAME

wwwoffle.options - configuration options for wwwoffle

## DESCRIPTION

*/etc/wwwoffle/wwwoffle.options* contains a set of flags that determine some of the behavior of the *wwwoffle* daemon, which is run every time an internet connection comes up. It is preferable to configure these settings using *debconf* via **dpkg-reconfigure wwwoffle**

Available options are:

- ppp

  This will enable *wwwoffle* to go online and offline (or autodial in case of a dial-on-demand connection) automatically when the connection goes up and down. Comment this option out if you don't use *wwwoffle* over a dialup connection or you don't want the scripts to manipulate the mode; this forces the online mode always (in which case the *fetch* option has no effect, see the *fetch* option below).

- fetch

  This will cause the *wwwoffle* daemon to get all the pages that were marked for download immediately when the internet connection comes up. Some people do not like this behaviour since they often go online just for a quick check for new mail and want to fetch big web pages manually once a day.

- htdig

  This will cause *htdig* to maintain a searchable index of the pages cached by *wwwoffle.* This used to be the default, but if a system has *htdig* installed for its own web pages, it would automatically also be used for *wwwoffle,* which might not have been the intention.

- nocheckconf

  (Not settable via debconf)\
   This prevents the startup script */etc/init.d/wwwoffle* from checking wwwoffle.conf for URL specifications that end in '/'.  If such an URL is detected, a verbose warning is given that such a specification will only match the '/' URL on the host, and not the entire host as you might expect (add '\*' to the end for that).  However, perhaps you really want such a specification; in that case, add a line with **nocheckconf** to */etc/wwwoffle/wwwoffle.options* to prevent the warning.

- no-purge

  (Not settable via debconf)\
   This prevents the daily cron job */etc/cron.daily/wwwoffle* from purging old content from the cache. Note that this means there's no automatic cleanup, and hence the system will fill up over time!

## SEE ALSO

[**wwwoffle**(1)](/wwwoffle/1.md), [**wwwoffle.conf**(5)](/wwwoffle.conf/5.md), [**wwwoffled**(8)](/wwwoffled/8.md), **htdig**(8)

## AUTHOR

This manpage was written by Paul Slootman for Debian GNU/Linux.