NAME

xlnk -- process html files and expand links on directories

SYNOPSIS

xlnk [-hp] [-v level] [-i fname-list] html-files

DESCRIPTION

xlnk opens all files listed on the command line and searches for realtive links on directories. These links are expanded to point to the default file (e.g index.html).

This is useful if you want to click through html files without a web-server.

File access permissions are preserved.

OPTIONS

-h short help

-i index list. Comma seperated list of files to search for. Default is: index.html,index.htm,index.shtml,default.htm,index.php3, index.php,index.wml

-p print to stdout and do not modify any files.

-v verbosity. Number between 0-3. Print information on what is done. Default is 1.

EXAMPLE

xlnk `find . -name '*.htm*'`

will seach for all html files in this directroy and subdirectories and modify the html files such that all links point to the default index files. E.g href="../" would become href="../index.html" if index.html exists.

AUTHOR

xlnk is part of the HTML::TagReader package and was written by Guido Socher [guido(at)linuxfocus.org]