Checkbot -- a WWW link verifier Checkbot is a perl5 script which can verify links within a region of the World Wide Web. It checks all pages within an identified region, and all links within that region. After checking all links within the region, it will also check all links which point outside of the region, and then stop. Checkbot regularly writes reports on its findings, including all servers found in the region, and all links with problems on those servers. Checkbot was written originally to check a number of servers at once. This has implied some design decisions, so you might want to keep that in mind when making suggestions. Speaking of which, be sure to check the TODO file for things which have been suggested for Checkbot. Changes between version can be found in the ChangeLog file. Making and installing Checkbot is easy: perl Makefile.PL make make install You will need to have the following Perl modules installed in order to properly install Checkbot: LWP Net::FTP (contained in the libnet package) Mail::Send (optional, contained in the MailTools package) Problems, etc. can be reported to checkbot@degraaff.org Checkbot is distributed at: http://degraaff.org/checkbot/ There is an announcement mailing list to which announcements of new versions are posted. You can sign up for the list by sending mail to checkbot-announce-subscribe@graaff.xs4all.nl Note that this mailing list is hosted on my home machine, which is not always online. It may take up to a day for the confirmation request to reach you. Hans de Graaff