"Bell, Kevin" wrote: > >use a search engine (try the search box in the upper right corner). > > >using a spider to download the entire site just so you can "search > through >it" is bloody impolite. > > Really? I'd argue that's impolite only if you're an impolite person > with a rude agenda, which is not what I had in mind, but thanks for the > ethics lecture as well as the pointer ; )
downloading entire sites for personal purposes is considered rude by many web administrators, no matter what agenda you have. > I assure you that I harbor no nefarious scheme. Isn't it common for folks > to watch the stock market, or real estate listings, for example? to grab entire sites ? try doing that on a commercial data provider's site, and chances are that you'll end up being banned (or sued) within hours ... </F> -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
