John M. Dlugosz wrote:
> 
> Ken <tyl### [at] pacbellnet> 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

I use a python script to check some 600 local users whether they have
webpages. And it takes several minutes to complete. It's just not the
kind of job to be done easy, I'm afraid. And you have to dig a bit until
you declared all the return codes good or bad, e.g. apache gives you a
302, temporarily moved, for aliases. Those are not at all temporary in
my case, so the checking of results is or can be quite painful

Axel

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