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Copyright (C) 2001 Inter7 Internet Technologies, Inc.

linkcheck is distibuted under the terms of the GNU GPL.

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.TH LINKCHECK 1 "13 March 2001" "Linkcheck"
.SH PROGRAM NAME
.B linkcheck
\- Checks a Web site for broken links.
.SH INTRODUCTION
.LP
LinkCheck automates checking a Web site for broken links. It creates a report of broken links, download times, and every link and FTP connection on the site. It is handy for Web designers who need to check over their site. It can also be installed as a CGI program so Web designers can check via a Web page. 

LinkCheck understands HTML 3.0, frames and javascript.  It can check an entire website or its search can be limited to a particular subdirectory.  LinkCheck estimates download times and flags URLs which are deemed slow.  It validates and reports temporarily moved pages and checks the new location. It reports html files last modification time, validates mailto hrefs for valid DNS MX record on the internet.  LinkCheck also validates ftp/file hrefs by getting actual file via ftp protocol.  Besides http:, it can report the follow protocols: news, telnet, wais, gopher, and powwow.


.SH INVOCATION
The format for invoking linkcheck is:   linkcheck [options] URL\fR
It supports the following command line options:\fR\fR
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\fB\-V\fR, \fB\-\-version\fR
VERSION, prints the version number
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\fB\-h\fR, \fB\-\-help\fR
HELP, prints the help section which includes a summary of all the command line options.
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\fB\-f FILE\fR, \fB\-\-file=FILE\fR
FILE, allows the user to specify an output file rather then the default linkcheck.report.servername
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\fB\-r\fR, \fB\-\-remote\fR
REMOTE, this option prevents linkcheck from checking remote sites.  This allows the program to run faster.
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\fB\-p NUM\fR, \fB\-\-port=NUM\fR
PORT, allows the user to choose a port number other then the standard http port 80.

.SH AUTHOR
Ken Jones <kbo@inter7.com>
.SH BUGS
Report bugs to kbo@inter7.com
Give a detailed description of the problem
and report the version of scout that
you are using.
.SH COPYRIGHT
Copyright \(co 2000 2001 Inter7 Internet Technologies, Inc.
.LP
This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public
License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any lat
er version.

This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied
 warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License for more det
ails.

You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with this program; if not, write to the Fr
ee Software Foundation, Inc., 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
.LP
.SH AVAILABILITY
The most recent released version of scout is available in the siege distribution via 
http at http://www.inter7.com/linkcheck/
.LP