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Linklint Documentation - What's New
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Linklint Documentation - What's New
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Version 2.3.4 August 8, 2001
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Introduction
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What's New
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Inputs
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Outputs
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Hints
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Few changes. Almost 100% backward compatible (output index files
are now <i>index.*</i> by default instead of <i>linklint.*</i>).
Existing command files should still work.
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<font color="#cc0000"><tt><b>Query string support for HTTP site checking has changed</b></tt></font>
as of 2.3.4. This may change how Linklint checks your HTTP site if
you have dynamic content. It now does "the right thing" by default.
Use the <font color="#cc0000"><tt><b>-no_query_string</b></tt></font> flag to get back the old
behavior.
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<li> Linklint is free again
<li> Better query string support (as of 2.3.4)
<li> Proxy support for site checking
<li> Output files are more configurable
<li> Input from STDIN
<li> Beta SSL support now available
<li> Looks for Java Archive .jar files
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GNU General Public License
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Linklint started out free. It became sharewhare when the flood
of comments, suggestions and questions started turning it into a
"full-time" job. <b>Thanks to all who contributed!</b> With the
rise (and love) of Linux, we wanted to make it Open Source in a
way that would not make previous contributors feel ripped off.
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There was a gradual (unadvertised) change to Open Source. First, it
was made free for use on Open Source operating systems. Then a GPL
Open Source version was distributed as a part of the Meta Web Language
system and shareware checks were no longer cashed. With the new
Linklint web site, it is only being distributed as Open Source via the
<b><a href=license.html>GNU General Public License</a></b>.
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Better Query String Support
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Query strings were suppressed during site checks. This can be changed
by commenting out one line in older versions. As of 2.3.4, query
strings are used in HTTP site checks. To get the old behavior use the
new <font color="#cc0000"><tt><b>-no_query_string</b></tt></font> flag.
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If you have an older version of Linklint, you can get the new query
string behavior by commenting out the one line that includes the
comment "<i>strip query string</i>". This also applies to the
<b>2.4.beta</b> version.
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Proxy Support for Site Checking
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Previously, proxy support was only for remote-URL checking. Now proxy
support has been extended to handle site checking as well. The
conflict between proxies and virtual hosts has been resolved.
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Output Options
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<font color="#cc0000"><tt><b>-output_index xxxx</b></tt></font>
The index output files were previously named <i>linklint.*</i> in
order to prevent overwriting existing <i>index.html</i> files if the
<i>-doc</i> directory collided with an existing HTML directory. By
popular demand, these file names have been changed to <i>index.*</i>.
This is more convenient for most, and a little more dangerous for a
few. You can change back to <i>linklint</i> (or whatever) with the
<b>-output_index</b> option.
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<font color="#cc0000"><tt><b>-output_frames</b></tt></font>
Uses <base> tags in the output files so that new browser windows
will open when following links in the HTML output files. This
prevents having to reload large output HTML files.
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<font color="#cc0000"><tt><b> -url_doc_prefix some_prefix</b></tt></font>
Gives control over the prefix of all output files associated with
<b>Remote-Url</b> checking.
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<font color="#cc0000"><tt><b> -dont_output xxx</b></tt></font>
Suppress output of files that match <b><tt>/xxx/</tt></b>. In the
past, I have told people to comment out lines in the program to
suppress the generation of certain output files.
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<font color="#cc0000"><tt><b> -no_warn_index</b></tt></font>
Turns of the "index file not found" warning. Applies to local site
checking only.
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<font color="#cc0000"><tt><b>-concise_url</b></tt></font>
Turns off printing successful URLs to STDOUT during remote link
checking.
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Read inputs from STDIN (keyboard)
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<font color="#cc0000"><tt><b> @ </b></tt></font> or <font color="#cc0000"><tt><b> @STDIN</b></tt></font> will cause Linklint to read from STDIN (keyboard)
as if it were an <tt><b>@command</b></tt> file.
Great when you are using linklint from the shell and run out of space
on the command line.
Might make runing Linklint as a CGI program a little easier.
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Other New Flags
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<font color="#cc0000"><tt><b> -help_all</b></tt></font>
<font color="#cc0000"><tt><b> -version</b></tt></font>
<font color="#cc0000"><tt><b> -license</b></tt></font> are all pretty obvious.
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<font color="#cc0000"><tt><b>-no_query_string</b></tt></font>
Don't use query strings in HTTP site checks
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<font color="#cc0000"><tt><b>-http_header Xxx:Yyy</b></tt></font>
Add header lines to HTTP requests.
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<font color="#cc0000"><tt><b>-language zz</b></tt></font>
Add <i>Accept-Language</i> header line to HTTP requests.
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Beta Version with SSL Support
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Now that someone else (Sampo Kellomak) has done the heavy lifting
of providing a low level Perl interface to the OpenSSL package,
we wrote a simple wrapper module around his Net::SSLeay module
to provide SSL support in Linklint.
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Be warned, this beta version requires the OpenSSL package and the
Net::SSLeay module (and the Net::SSLeay::Handle wrapper) in order to
run. You will need to install these first which is fairly easy (if
you have root) on Linux. Your Win32 mileage may vary.
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Once installed, you use <font color="#cc0000"><tt><b>-http</b></tt></font> to check HTTP sites and
<font color="#cc0000"><tt><b>-https</b></tt></font> to check HTTPS sites.
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