The other day I was checking out an excellent free book, by Charles Severance, which is available on the site. The site describes itself as “set of generic Python Learning Resources to allow self-paced learning of the Python Language.” Based on the materials from several courses at the University of Michigan, the site is a treasure trove for learning Python or sprucing up your Python-fu. I decided to download the but, unfortunately, the samples are in about 65 individual files as well as five subdirectories which, in turn, each contain around half a dozen files. Sitting there and manually downloading each file wasn’t something I particularly wanted to do so I looked for a tool to do the job for me and I’ve come up with a couple of interesting choices. HTTRack on Windows First, there’s, a “free (GPL, libre/free software) and easy-to-use offline browser utility” which: allows you to download a World Wide Web site from the Internet to a local directory, building recursively all directories, getting HTML, images, and other files from the server to your computer. HTTrack arranges the original site's relative link-structure.

Sep 20, 2011 - If you are looking for a tool to clone websites with a Mac, then you should check out Sitesucker. This free tool from the Mac App Store scans. SiteSucker is an iOS app that automatically downloads Web sites from the Internet.

Simply open a page of the 'mirrored' website in your browser, and you can browse the site from link to link, as if you were viewing it online. HTTrack can also update an existing mirrored site, and resume interrupted downloads. HTTrack is fully configurable, and has an integrated help system.

HTTrack is great, it's got lots of useful features including sophisticated file type download options and it’s easy to install at least, easy under Windows (where it’s known as WinHTTrack). This is because for the version that runs on OS X, BSD, and Linux (called WebHTTrack) you’ve got to compile the code or, for Mac, have MacPorts installed (which also requires Xcode to be installed)either of which can send you down “” if you’re trying to get the job done quickly. As I mainly use OS X, I wanted an easier solution.

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SiteSucker on iOS Some more research revealed a free OS X and iOS app called that turned out to be just what I needed. SiteSucker asynchronously copies: the site's Web pages, images, backgrounds, movies, and other files to your local hard drive, duplicating the site's directory structure. Just enter a URL (Uniform Resource Locator), press return, and SiteSucker can download an entire Web site. SiteSucker can be used to make local copies of Web sites. By default, SiteSucker 'localizes' the files it downloads, allowing you to browse a site offline, but it can also download sites without modification. You can save all the information about a download in a document. This allows you to create a document that you can use to perform the same download whenever you want.