If you want to copy a website really really fast use HTTrack with following switches:
httrack http://website.com/ -K --sockets=50 --disable-security-limits --max-rate=0
It works on Linux (there’s a native Debian package) and Windows.
Check documentation for other options. K is very important because it affects link generation. If you want original links without html extensions use it like above.
K option cheatsheet:
| −K0 | foo.cgi?q=45 −> foo4B54.html?q=45 (relative URI, default) |
| −K | −> http://www.foobar.com/folder/foo.cgi?q=45 (absolute URL) (−−keep−links[=N]) |
| −K3 | −> /folder/foo.cgi?q=45 (absolute URI) |
| −K4 | −> foo.cgi?q=45 (original URL) |
| −K5 | −> http://www.foobar.com/folder/foo4B54.html?q=45 (transparent proxy URL) |
And last but not least…
If you want to rewrite original links to html static links use this:
RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteRule ^([^/]+)/$ $1.html
RewriteRule ^([^/]+)/([^/]+)/$ /$1/$2.html
RewriteRule ^([^/]+)/([^/]+)/([^/]+)/$ /$1/$2/$3.html
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !(\.[a-zA-Z0-9]{1,5}|/)$
RewriteRule (.*)$ /$1/ [R=301,L]