On Tue, Mar 11, 2003 at 10:40:08PM -, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> As far as the problem of generating an empty index file, you could have
> the buildpage() function redirect the lynx output to a temporary file
> ($1.temp) and check that file for validity somehow (i.e. non-zero size
> or grep
> -Original Message-
> From: Gavin Sherry [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: 11 March 2003 22:38
> To: Dave Page
> Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: [HACKERS] Website build script
>
>
> Seems possible that Lynx timed out and generated and sh left
>
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As far as the problem of generating an empty index file, you could have
the buildpage() function redirect the lynx output to a temporary file
($1.temp) and check that file for validity somehow (i.e. non-zero size
or grep for a known string ("Post
Seems possible that Lynx timed out and generated and sh left only an
empty file.
Guard against this by writing the output of lynx to a temporary file and
either check it for stuff you expect to be there (?) or
for some reasonable size. There are better was to do this, of course...
Gavin
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