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# Wayback Machine Downloader
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Download any website from the Internet Archive Wayback Machine.
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## Installation
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You need to install Ruby on your system - if you don't already have it, then run:
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gem install wayback_machine_downloader
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## Usage
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### Basic
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Run wayback_machine_downloader with the base url of the website you want to retrieve as a parameter (e.g., http://example.com):
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wayback_machine_downloader http://example.com
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### How it works
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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.
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### Optional Timestamp
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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:
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wayback_machine_downloader http://example.com` --timestamp 20060716231334
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### Contributing
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Contributions are welcome! Just submit a pull request via GitHub.
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To run the tests:
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rake test
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