NAME
xhtml-valid - test web page DTD validation.
SYNOPSIS
xhtml-valid \\
[-i|ignore file] \\
( [-r|root url] | [-u|url url] | [--ulist file] | \\
[-p|path path] | [-f|file file] | [--flist file] | ) \\
[-h|help] [-v|version]DESCRIPTION
Using either URLs or flat files, this program attempts to validate web pages according to their own DTD.
USAGE
This program can be used in several ways to validate web pages. It will take a root URL and crawl the website from the root and validate every page it finds below it, it can test named URLs only. Given a root local directory it will traverse the directory tree and validate every HTML file it finds, it will test a single file or a list of files. In short it tries to validate web pages.
URL Options
-r|root url
Given a root URL will traverse the website, validating all pages found that are below the root URL. Thus external links and those outside of the root URL are ignored.
-u|url url
Given a single URL will validating the current page only.
--ulist file
The given file should contain a list of URLs (one per line), which will then be validated. Note that only the links listed are validated, no crawling of the links within the page is performed.
File Options
-p|path path
Given a root directory will traverse the directory tree and validate every .html or .htm file it finds.
-f|file file
Validates a single file.
-flist file
The given file should contain a list of files (one per line), which will then be validated.
Supporting Options
-i|ignore file
The given file should contain patterns (one per line) used to ignore URLs and files (e.g. user login) from validation.
By default mailto links and various document and binary file formats are ignored, together with any none 'http' protocol.
Other Options
-h|help
Provides a help screen.
-v|version
Provides the current program version
BUGS, PATCHES & FIXES
There are no known bugs at the time of this release. However, if you spot a bug or are experiencing difficulties, that is not explained within the POD documentation, please send bug reports and patches to barbie@cpan.org.
Fixes are dependent upon their severity and my availability. Should a fix not be forthcoming, please feel free to (politely) remind me.
SEE ALSO
AUTHOR
Barbie, <barbie@cpan.org>
for Miss Barbell Productions <http://www.missbarbell.co.uk>.COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE
Copyright (C) 2008-2013 by Barbie <barbie@missbarbell.co.uk>
This distribution is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
modify it under the Artistic Licence v2.