> Seems like a basic question, but I couldn't find it 
> elsewhere in the forum, so apologies if this is a FAQ.
> 
> I have a list of URLs in a text file that I test 
regularly 
> to ensure they are still valid.  I am not interested in 
> actually downloading the files the urls point to -- I 
just 
> want to see that the URLs in the file haven't gone 404.  
> I've been using HTTrack for mirroring for a long time, 
but 
> this is different, and I can't figure out how to do it!  
> If I use --testlinks, I still download copies of the 
pages 
> the links go to.  Is there a way that I can tell HTTrack 
> to stop downloading once it's clear that the URL goes 
> somewhere?> 
> Any advice?> 
> 

by setting the action to 'Test links in pages (bookmark 
test)', that works for me and doesn't download the htmls 
to disk.  i am using version 3.22-3