diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 80ad04a..45236f3 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -8,19 +8,17 @@ You need to install Ruby on your system - if you don't already have it, then run gem install wayback_machine_downloader -## Usage - -### Basic +## Usage Pass the base url of the website you want to retrieve as an argument (e.g., http://example.com): wayback_machine_downloader http://example.com -### How it works +## How it works It will download the last version of every file present on Wayback Machine to `websites/example.com/`. It will also re-create a directory structure and auto-create `index.html` pages to work seamlessly with Apache and Nginx. URLs and links structure are preserved as much as possible. -### Optional Timestamp +## Optional Timestamp You may want to supply a specific timestamp to lock your backup to an older version of the website. Wayback Machine Downloader will then fetch only file versions on or prior to the timestamp specified: