[WEB4LIB] Link checkers?

[P. Michael McCulley]

Darryl,

The one I am familiar with mostly, MOMSpider, is still around, customizable.
Plus, I tinkered with Linklint for a system once. There seem to be a number of UNIX-based or PERL options around. You might have to try a few to meet your criteria.

Try this Google search --which includes links to the above items-- for more possibilities, which may be shareware or freebies:
http://www.google.com/search?q=unix+URL+link+checker+software

Best,
Michael
 aka DrWeb

P. Michael McCulley
Email: mcculley at best.com

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>-----Original Message-----
>From: web4lib at webjunction.org
>[mailto:web4lib at webjunction.org]On Behalf Of Darryl Friesen
>Sent: Thursday, June 21, 2001 07:20 AM
>To: Multiple recipients of list
>Subject: [WEB4LIB] Link checkers?
>
>
>All the recent discussion on HTML and CSS validation has reminded me to ask
>about a related topic, link checkers.  Anyone have a good one they like?
>
>Ideally I'd like one that can be installed locally and run "off-line" (i.e
>via cron) in the to produce reports.  It would also be great if it read the
>Apache httpd.conf file, grab DocumentRoot and Aliased directories (web
>directories that reside somewhere else other than with the main web pages),
>and check files on the local file system instead of making HTTP 
>requests for
>them (for speed, and to keep my already large log files from getting even
>larger).
>
>Oh ya.  And it's got to be free.  :)
>
>I've installed grabbed W3C's checklink.pl (which runs either on the command
>line or as a CGI script), but it appears to be HTTP based only.  I've also
>tried webxref, but it seems to have more than it's share of bugs, and
>doesn't understand Alaised directories.
>
>Do I ask too much?
>
>
>- Darryl
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