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NAME

bin/bg_lc.pl - background link checking run for WWW or cron

SYNOPSIS

  bin/bg_lc.pl
  

DESCRIPTION

This Perl program launches a process to check the validity of the links (URLs) in a ROADS server database. On completion it sends email to the server's system admin and database admin contacts.

It is intended for invocation from a World-Wide Web CGI program, a cron job, or an at job.

OPTIONS

None.

OUTPUT

Mail to server maintainers. Link check log file left in logs/lc.

SEE ALSO

"lc.pl" in bin

COPYRIGHT

Copyright (c) 1988, Martin Hamilton <martinh@gnu.org> and Jon Knight <jon@net.lut.ac.uk>. All rights reserved.

This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.

It was developed by the Department of Computer Studies at Loughborough University of Technology, as part of the ROADS project. ROADS is funded under the UK Electronic Libraries Programme (eLib), the European Commission Telematics for Research Programme, and the TERENA development programme.

AUTHOR

Martin Hamilton <martinh@gnu.org>