[IRIXdejazel]

Hi everyone,

I hope this is the right place to put this question. I tried checking the FAQ first, but it is currently down.

At work, we are trying to set up a Mac to work as a system for backing up directories from an SGI O2 running IRIX 6.5 (or 6.5.x, I guess).

From what I read on the web, the easiest/best way is to use wget, which would allow us to move entire directories over the local network to the Mac.
We managed to find an already compiled version for the Mac, and it worked when we connected to the O2 and dragged a directory (with all of its many directories and sub-directories) over to the Mac.

A problem arose when we realized that wget appears to work one way. We also need to be able to send those directories back to the O2. I assume wget on the O2 would allow us to do that.

A 2nd problem arose after we managed to get the wget source (from the GNU project) to configure, but when running the make, I get an error claiming that "The MIPSpro C Compiler (license FEATURE string = cc) requires a license password." And then a half a page of how to contact SGI to get a license. Obviously not gonna happen.

We have not tried to compile this under the root user, as I assume that won't work either. Though I could be wrong.

Prior to this, we backed up our work on tapes for years (decades?) but the tape drives are becoming unreliable. Thus, the possible solution of using a local network to just push/grab the files to/from the Mac. They only other thing we have regularly done is use ftp to move files one at a time to the machines that need them. But that is usually only 3 files. To back up all of the work requires countless files and directories.

So I guess what I am asking is, is there any way to get an already compiled version of wget that will run on my machine? My first instinct is no, judging from what that configure file was doing. But I freely admit near-total ignorance in this area. I have never tried to build Unix software on this machine before. We have a proprietary software package that I use to create visual display database scenes of airports for flight simulators. I have never had to use the machine for anything other than that, so my "Unix guru" experience is lacking.

I know I could tar -cf the directory to an archive file, then ftp it over that way, but I was hoping to be able to use wget, as it seems very powerful and flexible and would likely serve our needs very well. If I could get it to work on both ends.

So, if wget cannot be installed unless built on the host system, then I guess I need some form of compiler already ready to go, so I can use that to compile the wget source. But where do I get something like that? Or instructions or tricks on how to fix the compiler that I have, so that it will run without complaining about the lack of a license.

==Dave