Using LinkController: Using LinkController

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# Using LinkController

This document describes LinkController a system for checking and maintaining links in infostructures

This document applies to version 0.033 of LinkController

Manual Revision Code: $Revision: 1.22 $

> Introduction |  | What LinkController is about.
> 1. Getting Started |  | How to get LinkController running.
> 2. Configuration |  | Setting up LinkController to check links
> 3. Advanced Configuration |  | Optimising configuration; advanced features
> 4. Using LinkController to Check Links |  | Checking and repairing web pages.
> 5. Interfacing to other programs |  | Importing and exporting link information.
> 6. The Emacs Interface |  | The Emacs interface.
> 7. Administration |  | Administrating a LinkController installation.
> A. Robots and Sensible Behaviour |  | General statements about how to use robots.
> B. Uncheckable Links |  | Links LinkController can't or won't check.
> C. Absolute and Relative URIs |  | Explanation of how relative URIs are handled.
> D. Bugs and bug reporting |  | What to do if you find a bug.
> E. History |  | How this came about and who helped.
> F. Invoking the LinkController Programs |  | How to run the programs in LinkController.
> G. Packages Which Work With LinkController |  | Packages used by or useful with LinkController.
> H. Terms |  | Glossary of terms used in this documentation.
> Program, Variable and File Name Index |  | Index of Program and Variable names
> Concept Index |  | Index of Concepts.

> -- The Detailed Node Listing ---
> Configuration

> 2.1 Interactive Configuration |  | An easy way to get a basic configuration.
> 2.2 Setting Configuration Variables |  | How to set variables.
> 2.3 LinkController Configuration Variables |  | LinkController's main configuration variables.
> 2.4 Configuring Infostructures |  | Defining which pages to check.

> Advanced Configuration

> 3.1 Advanced Infostructure Configuration |  | Advanced control of checking
> 3.2 Authorisation Configuration |  | Checking pages which require basic authentication.
> 3.3 Configuring CGI Programs |  | Setting up LinkController's web interface

> Using LinkController to Check Links

> 4.1 Extracting Links |  | Getting link information from WWW pages.
> 4.2 Testing Links |  | How to run the link testing program.
> 4.3 Reporting Problems |  | Getting information the state of your links.
> 4.4 Email Reporting of Newly Broken Links |  | Automatic reporting of newly broken links.
> 4.5 Examining Individual Files |  | Checking individual HTML files.
> 4.6 Repairing Links |  | Replacing old URLs with new ones.
> 4.7 Making Suggestions |  | Making suggestions for other users.
> 4.8 CGI Interface |  | The LinkController web interface (primitive).

> Reporting Problems

> 4.4 Email Reporting of Newly Broken Links |  | Automatic notification of broken links.

> The Emacs Interface

> 6.1 Finding Files with Broken Links |  | An Emacs program to display broken links.
> 6.2 Finding Broken Links in Files Within Emacs |  | Finding broken links in a file.

> Administration

> 7.1 Setting up LinkController |  | How to get the system installed
> 7.2 Default Installation |  | A simple multi-user installation
> 7.3 User Administration |  | Adding and removing users
> 7.4 Cron Scripts |  | Running programs automatically
> 7.5 Link Database Maintenance |  | Dealing with database problems
> 7.6 Link Ageing |  | Clearing outdated data from the databases.

> History

> E.1 Acknowledgements |  | People and or institutions who helped

> Acknowledgements

> Esoterica Internet Portugal |  |
> IPPT PAN Poland |  |
> The Tardis Project |  |
> Other Free Software Authors |  |

> Invoking the LinkController Programs

> F.1 Invoking link-report |  | link-report usage summary
> F.2 Invoking test-link |  | test-link usage summary
> F.3 Invoking extract-links |  | extract-links usage summary
> F.4 Invoking fix-link |  | fix-link usage summary
> F.5 Invoking check-page |  | check-page usage summary
> F.6 Invoking build-schedule |  | build-schedule usage summary

> Packages Which Work With LinkController

> G.1 The CDB utilities |  | Utilities for the LinkController indexes.
> G.2 The Tie-Transact-Hash Perl Module and Programmes |  | Berkeley DB editing tools.

> Terms

> H.1 Infostructure |  | Groups of resources.
> H.2 Link |  | A connection between two resources.
> H.3 Resource |  | The information on the World Wide Web.
> H.4 URIs |  | A type of link including URLs
> H.5 URLs |  | The connections in the World Wide Web.
> H.6 URIs |  | Names for resources without location.

This document was generated by Michael De La Rue on February, 3 2002 using texi2html