> i want httrack the url www.xyz.com in the 
> directory /root/tc2
> so i think that's the right commandline, right?> httrack <http://www.xyz.com/>
-O /root/tc2

Yes, that's right.

> furthermore i want only html-files an i want to exclude a 
> directory named "/forum", also i want to exclude external-
> links, pdf-files and any images.

httrack -p1 '-*/forum/*' <http://www.xyz.com/> -O /root/tc2