Hello rory, Saturday, December 08, 2001, rory o'connor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
roc> I'm not sure if perl is best suited for this project - but I bet it is! I roc> need to call a server (perhaps via lynx?) in a cron'd script and then time roc> how long it takes for the page to load. roc> The reason is that sometimes the remote server stops loading pages due to roc> some unknown problem (this is nt4.0, mind you). while we try to figure it roc> out, i need to be alerted via email when it hasn't finished loading the page roc> in say, 20 seconds - because the server needs to be restarted. take a look at sample in perldoc -f alarm to load page from http server, you can use lynx, of course, but i suggest you to use perl module 'LWP'. perldoc LWP::Simple perldoc LWP Best wishes, Maxim mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
