> I have a simpler test case which doesn't quite show
> the same although it does behave differently for
> mirror and continue.
> Create an index.php with the following content:

Thanks for the simple test case! The bug is still present indeed in -24 ; I
just fixed it in the trunk:
<http://code.google.com/p/httrack/source/detail?r=824>

This should be solved for the next subrelease!