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<H1>Using LinkController</H1></P><P>
This document describes LinkController a system for checking and
maintaining links in infostructures
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This document applies to version 0.033 of LinkController
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Manual Revision Code: $Revision: 1.22 $
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<TR><TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="TOP"><A HREF="link-controller_1.html#SEC1">Introduction</A></TD><TD> </TD><TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="TOP">What LinkController is about.</TD></TR>
<TR><TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="TOP"><A HREF="link-controller_2.html#SEC2">1. Getting Started</A></TD><TD> </TD><TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="TOP">How to get LinkController running.</TD></TR>
<TR><TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="TOP"><A HREF="link-controller_3.html#SEC3">2. Configuration</A></TD><TD> </TD><TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="TOP">Setting up LinkController to check links</TD></TR>
<TR><TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="TOP"><A HREF="link-controller_4.html#SEC8">3. Advanced Configuration</A></TD><TD> </TD><TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="TOP">Optimising configuration; advanced features</TD></TR>
<TR><TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="TOP"><A HREF="link-controller_5.html#SEC12">4. Using LinkController to Check Links</A></TD><TD> </TD><TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="TOP">Checking and repairing web pages.</TD></TR>
<TR><TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="TOP"><A HREF="link-controller_6.html#SEC21">5. Interfacing to other programs</A></TD><TD> </TD><TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="TOP">Importing and exporting link information.</TD></TR>
<TR><TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="TOP"><A HREF="link-controller_7.html#SEC22">6. The Emacs Interface</A></TD><TD> </TD><TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="TOP">The Emacs interface.</TD></TR>
<TR><TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="TOP"><A HREF="link-controller_8.html#SEC25">7. Administration</A></TD><TD> </TD><TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="TOP">Administrating a LinkController installation.</TD></TR>
<TR><TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="TOP"><A HREF="link-controller_9.html#SEC32">A. Robots and Sensible Behaviour</A></TD><TD> </TD><TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="TOP">General statements about how to use robots.</TD></TR>
<TR><TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="TOP"><A HREF="link-controller_10.html#SEC33">B. Uncheckable Links</A></TD><TD> </TD><TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="TOP">Links LinkController can't or won't check.</TD></TR>
<TR><TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="TOP"><A HREF="link-controller_11.html#SEC34">C. Absolute and Relative URIs</A></TD><TD> </TD><TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="TOP">Explanation of how relative URIs are handled.</TD></TR>
<TR><TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="TOP"><A HREF="link-controller_12.html#SEC35">D. Bugs and bug reporting</A></TD><TD> </TD><TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="TOP">What to do if you find a bug.</TD></TR>
<TR><TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="TOP"><A HREF="link-controller_13.html#SEC36">E. History</A></TD><TD> </TD><TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="TOP">How this came about and who helped.</TD></TR>
<TR><TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="TOP"><A HREF="link-controller_14.html#SEC42">F. Invoking the LinkController Programs</A></TD><TD> </TD><TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="TOP">How to run the programs in LinkController.</TD></TR>
<TR><TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="TOP"><A HREF="link-controller_15.html#SEC49">G. Packages Which Work With LinkController</A></TD><TD> </TD><TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="TOP">Packages used by or useful with LinkController.</TD></TR>
<TR><TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="TOP"><A HREF="link-controller_16.html#SEC52">H. Terms</A></TD><TD> </TD><TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="TOP">Glossary of terms used in this documentation.</TD></TR>
<TR><TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="TOP"><A HREF="link-controller_17.html#SEC59">Program, Variable and File Name Index</A></TD><TD> </TD><TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="TOP">Index of Program and Variable names</TD></TR>
<TR><TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="TOP"><A HREF="link-controller_18.html#SEC60">Concept Index</A></TD><TD> </TD><TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="TOP">Index of Concepts.</TD></TR>
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Configuration
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<TR><TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="TOP"><A HREF="link-controller_3.html#SEC4">2.1 Interactive Configuration</A></TD><TD> </TD><TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="TOP">An easy way to get a basic configuration.</TD></TR>
<TR><TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="TOP"><A HREF="link-controller_3.html#SEC5">2.2 Setting Configuration Variables</A></TD><TD> </TD><TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="TOP">How to set variables.</TD></TR>
<TR><TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="TOP"><A HREF="link-controller_3.html#SEC6">2.3 LinkController Configuration Variables</A></TD><TD> </TD><TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="TOP">LinkController's main configuration variables.</TD></TR>
<TR><TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="TOP"><A HREF="link-controller_3.html#SEC7">2.4 Configuring Infostructures</A></TD><TD> </TD><TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="TOP">Defining which pages to check.</TD></TR>
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Advanced Configuration
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<TR><TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="TOP"><A HREF="link-controller_4.html#SEC9">3.1 Advanced Infostructure Configuration</A></TD><TD> </TD><TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="TOP">Advanced control of checking</TD></TR>
<TR><TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="TOP"><A HREF="link-controller_4.html#SEC10">3.2 Authorisation Configuration</A></TD><TD> </TD><TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="TOP">Checking pages which require basic authentication.</TD></TR>
<TR><TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="TOP"><A HREF="link-controller_4.html#SEC11">3.3 Configuring CGI Programs</A></TD><TD> </TD><TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="TOP">Setting up LinkController's web interface</TD></TR>
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Using LinkController to Check Links
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<TR><TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="TOP"><A HREF="link-controller_5.html#SEC13">4.1 Extracting Links</A></TD><TD> </TD><TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="TOP">Getting link information from WWW pages.</TD></TR>
<TR><TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="TOP"><A HREF="link-controller_5.html#SEC14">4.2 Testing Links</A></TD><TD> </TD><TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="TOP">How to run the link testing program.</TD></TR>
<TR><TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="TOP"><A HREF="link-controller_5.html#SEC15">4.3 Reporting Problems</A></TD><TD> </TD><TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="TOP">Getting information the state of your links.</TD></TR>
<TR><TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="TOP"><A HREF="link-controller_5.html#SEC16">4.4 Email Reporting of Newly Broken Links</A></TD><TD> </TD><TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="TOP">Automatic reporting of newly broken links.</TD></TR>
<TR><TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="TOP"><A HREF="link-controller_5.html#SEC17">4.5 Examining Individual Files</A></TD><TD> </TD><TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="TOP">Checking individual HTML files.</TD></TR>
<TR><TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="TOP"><A HREF="link-controller_5.html#SEC18">4.6 Repairing Links</A></TD><TD> </TD><TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="TOP">Replacing old URLs with new ones.</TD></TR>
<TR><TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="TOP"><A HREF="link-controller_5.html#SEC19">4.7 Making Suggestions</A></TD><TD> </TD><TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="TOP">Making suggestions for other users.</TD></TR>
<TR><TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="TOP"><A HREF="link-controller_5.html#SEC20">4.8 CGI Interface</A></TD><TD> </TD><TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="TOP">The LinkController web interface (primitive).</TD></TR>
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Reporting Problems
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The Emacs Interface
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<TR><TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="TOP"><A HREF="link-controller_7.html#SEC23">6.1 Finding Files with Broken Links</A></TD><TD> </TD><TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="TOP">An Emacs program to display broken links.</TD></TR>
<TR><TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="TOP"><A HREF="link-controller_7.html#SEC24">6.2 Finding Broken Links in Files Within Emacs</A></TD><TD> </TD><TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="TOP">Finding broken links in a file.</TD></TR>
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Administration
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<TR><TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="TOP"><A HREF="link-controller_8.html#SEC26">7.1 Setting up LinkController</A></TD><TD> </TD><TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="TOP">How to get the system installed</TD></TR>
<TR><TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="TOP"><A HREF="link-controller_8.html#SEC27">7.2 Default Installation</A></TD><TD> </TD><TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="TOP">A simple multi-user installation</TD></TR>
<TR><TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="TOP"><A HREF="link-controller_8.html#SEC28">7.3 User Administration</A></TD><TD> </TD><TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="TOP">Adding and removing users</TD></TR>
<TR><TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="TOP"><A HREF="link-controller_8.html#SEC29">7.4 Cron Scripts</A></TD><TD> </TD><TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="TOP">Running programs automatically</TD></TR>
<TR><TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="TOP"><A HREF="link-controller_8.html#SEC30">7.5 Link Database Maintenance</A></TD><TD> </TD><TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="TOP">Dealing with database problems</TD></TR>
<TR><TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="TOP"><A HREF="link-controller_8.html#SEC31">7.6 Link Ageing</A></TD><TD> </TD><TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="TOP">Clearing outdated data from the databases.</TD></TR>
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History
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Acknowledgements
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<TR><TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="TOP"><A HREF="link-controller_13.html#SEC38">Esoterica Internet Portugal</A></TD><TD> </TD><TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="TOP"></TD></TR>
<TR><TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="TOP"><A HREF="link-controller_13.html#SEC39">IPPT PAN Poland</A></TD><TD> </TD><TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="TOP"></TD></TR>
<TR><TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="TOP"><A HREF="link-controller_13.html#SEC40">The Tardis Project</A></TD><TD> </TD><TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="TOP"></TD></TR>
<TR><TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="TOP"><A HREF="link-controller_13.html#SEC41">Other Free Software Authors</A></TD><TD> </TD><TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="TOP"></TD></TR>
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Invoking the LinkController Programs
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<TR><TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="TOP"><A HREF="link-controller_14.html#SEC43">F.1 Invoking link-report</A></TD><TD> </TD><TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="TOP">link-report usage summary</TD></TR>
<TR><TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="TOP"><A HREF="link-controller_14.html#SEC44">F.2 Invoking test-link</A></TD><TD> </TD><TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="TOP">test-link usage summary</TD></TR>
<TR><TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="TOP"><A HREF="link-controller_14.html#SEC45">F.3 Invoking extract-links</A></TD><TD> </TD><TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="TOP">extract-links usage summary</TD></TR>
<TR><TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="TOP"><A HREF="link-controller_14.html#SEC46">F.4 Invoking fix-link</A></TD><TD> </TD><TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="TOP">fix-link usage summary</TD></TR>
<TR><TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="TOP"><A HREF="link-controller_14.html#SEC47">F.5 Invoking check-page</A></TD><TD> </TD><TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="TOP">check-page usage summary</TD></TR>
<TR><TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="TOP"><A HREF="link-controller_14.html#SEC48">F.6 Invoking build-schedule</A></TD><TD> </TD><TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="TOP">build-schedule usage summary</TD></TR>
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Packages Which Work With LinkController
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<TR><TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="TOP"><A HREF="link-controller_15.html#SEC50">G.1 The CDB utilities</A></TD><TD> </TD><TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="TOP">Utilities for the LinkController indexes.</TD></TR>
<TR><TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="TOP"><A HREF="link-controller_15.html#SEC51">G.2 The Tie-Transact-Hash Perl Module and Programmes</A></TD><TD> </TD><TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="TOP">Berkeley DB editing tools.</TD></TR>
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Terms
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<TR><TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="TOP"><A HREF="link-controller_16.html#SEC53">H.1 Infostructure</A></TD><TD> </TD><TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="TOP">Groups of resources.</TD></TR>
<TR><TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="TOP"><A HREF="link-controller_16.html#SEC54">H.2 Link</A></TD><TD> </TD><TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="TOP">A connection between two resources.</TD></TR>
<TR><TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="TOP"><A HREF="link-controller_16.html#SEC55">H.3 Resource</A></TD><TD> </TD><TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="TOP">The information on the World Wide Web.</TD></TR>
<TR><TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="TOP"><A HREF="link-controller_16.html#SEC56">H.4 URIs</A></TD><TD> </TD><TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="TOP">A type of link including URLs</TD></TR>
<TR><TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="TOP"><A HREF="link-controller_16.html#SEC57">H.5 URLs</A></TD><TD> </TD><TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="TOP">The connections in the World Wide Web.</TD></TR>
<TR><TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="TOP"><A HREF="link-controller_16.html#SEC58">H.6 URIs</A></TD><TD> </TD><TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="TOP">Names for resources without location.</TD></TR>
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