wget .listing file, is there a way to specify the name of it

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Published on 2010-04-06T20:59:49Z Indexed on 2010/04/06 21:03 UTC
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Ok so I need to run wget but I'm prohibited from creating 'dot' files in the location that I need to run the wget. So my question is 'Can I get wget to use a name other than .listing that I can specify'.

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