How to Archive Websites on Unix Like Systems

Archiving websites on Unix-like systems can be accomplished using a few different tools and methods. Here are some steps you can follow to archive websites on Unix-like systems:

1. Install wget: wget is a command-line utility for retrieving files from the web using HTTP, HTTPS, and FTP protocols. Most Unix-like systems come with wget pre-installed, but if it's not installed on your system, you can install it using your system's package manager. For example, on Debian-based systems like Ubuntu, you can run the following command to install wget:

  ```
  sudo apt-get install wget
  ```

2. Use wget to download the website: Once you have wget installed, you can use it to download the website and its content. The following command will download the entire website and its content recursively:

  ```
  wget --recursive --no-clobber --page-requisites --html-extension --convert-links --restrict-file-names=windows --domains website.com --no-parent https://website.com/
  ```

  Here's what each option in the command does:

  * `--recursive`: download the website recursively.
  * `--no-clobber`: don't overwrite existing files (useful if you need to resume an interrupted download).
  * `--page-requisites`: download all the necessary files to display the page, such as images and CSS.
  * `--html-extension`: save files with the `.html` extension instead of the default `.html`.
  * `--convert-links`: convert links to be relative to the downloaded files.
  * `--restrict-file-names=windows`: restrict the file names to Windows-compatible names.
  * `--domains website.com`: only follow links from this domain.
  * `--no-parent`: don't download files from the parent directory.

  You can adjust these options to suit your needs.

3. Compress the archive: Once you have downloaded the website, you can compress it to save space. You can use the `tar` command to create a compressed archive:

  ```
  tar -czvf website.tar.gz website.com/
  ```

  This command creates a compressed archive called `website.tar.gz` of the downloaded website.

4. Store the archive: Finally, you can store the archive in a safe place, such as an external hard drive or cloud storage.

That's it! With these steps, you can archive a website on a Unix-like system using wget and tar.