Ken wrote:
>
> "John M. Dlugosz" wrote:
> >
> > Ken <tyl### [at] pacbell net> wrote in message
> > news:37D82862.740EEE42@pacbell.net...
> > > I have considered adding a Pov users galleries section to my collection
> > > but have resisted it simply because the sheer number of them that exist
> > > would be a maintence nightmare. People change websites and providers
> > > like clothing and it is hard to keep a "broken link" free page up to date.
> > > My current data base is already a serious challenge to keep up with and
> > > adding that section would seriously add to that burden. I may change my
> > > mind in the future but don't expect it anytime soon.
> >
> > Can't you have a Perl script periodically "hit" the link, and verify that
> > it's still OK? The page can show current status, and eventually the dud can
> > be dropped.
> >
> > --John
>
> There are free programs available that will do this for you. For example
> http://www.snafu.de/~tilman/xenulink.html is fairly well automated. The
> only problem I have with these is that they can be easily fooled into
> thinking that a site or resource is gone when in reality there may only be
> a temporary problem with the site that causes it to return an error to
> the link checker. I have spent considerable time locating some of the
> more obscure link sites and I don't trust a program to decide for me
> if it should be removed from the collection. Then again as I am now
> approaching 1000 links and will be adding many more in then near
> future my stubborness in this regard may have to be re-evaluated for
> sake of convenience.
>
> --
> Ken Tyler
>
> See my 850+ Povray and 3D Rendering and Raytracing Links at:
> http://home.pacbell.net/tylereng/index.html
Sounds like you want something similar but which simply writes failed
URLs to a file for your later perusal.
I'd rather check a dozen dubious links than your whole database.
Cheers, PoD.
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