> Whenever I use httrack, it creates a directory with the
> website name in there. I do not want that. I just want to
> download into my directory that I specify.

Check "Set Options"/"Build"/"Local structure type"

> There is a mention of "-g just get files" and I think that
> that will do it. Is this correct?
-g is only for single files

> What if I change one of the files and then update?
Updates are handled exactly identically, whatever the build 
structure is.