> I am a maintainer of a web site. I'd like to write a script to > check and see if the external links that I created however long ago > still exist. Does anyone know of a way that I can connect to a web > page and just check the status that is returned by the server? I > don't need the page, just to check if the status is 404 (page not > found) or whatever. > > Thanks in advance. > > Rob Blader
Use LWP and HEAD requests. You may either use LWP::Simple and head(), or which would be better LWP::UserAgent. Problem with LWP::Simple::head() is that it doesn't give you any info about WHY did it fail. And I think it might be helpfull to be able to dinsinguish "page not found" or "server not found" from "can't connect at the moment". Jenda =========== [EMAIL PROTECTED] == http://Jenda.Krynicky.cz ========== There is a reason for living. There must be. I've seen it somewhere. It's just that in the mess on my table ... and in my brain. I can't find it. --- me -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
