> What is the most efficacious method of pinging a web server
> URL for its status regarding the viability of a specific page ?
What exactly do you mean by "efficacious"?
What exactly do you mean by "status"?
What exactly do you mean by "viability"?
install perl
install libwww
[The fact that you're sending mail to this list suggests that you've
already done that. Then why the hell haven't you read the
documentation for libwww?]
then just type the following at your shell prompt:
HEAD http://the.page.i.am/interested/in
[It amazes me that you found the address of this mailing list before
you found the answer to this question]
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