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is there at a future point, specify `--relaxed`. (Implies `--fast`.)
Normally the filename is based on the full url, so will look like
- "www.example.com_dir_subdir_bigfile". For a shorter filename, specify
- `--pathdepth=N`. For example, `--pathdepth=1` will use "dir/subdir/bigfile",
+ "www.example.com_dir_subdir_bigfile". In some cases, addurl is able to
+ come up with a better filename based on other information. Or, for a
+ shorter filename, specify `--pathdepth=N`. For example,
+ `--pathdepth=1` will use "dir/subdir/bigfile",
while `--pathdepth=3` will use "bigfile". It can also be negative;
`--pathdepth=-2` will use the last two parts of the url.