| > 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 | |