Hi, i have found a problem regarding wget --spider.
It works great for any files over http or ftp, but as soon as one of these two conditions occur, wget starts downloading the file: 1. linked files (i'm not 100% sure about this) 2. download scripts (i.e. http://www.nothing.com/download.php?file=12345&;) i have included one link that starts downloading even if using the --spider option: http://club.aopen.com.tw/downloads/Download.asp?RecNo=3587&Section=5&Product=Motherboards&Model=AX59%20Pro&Type=Manual&DownSize=8388 (MoBo Bios file); so this actually starts downloading: $ wget --spider 'http://club.aopen.com.tw/downloads/Download.asp?RecNo=3587&Section=5&Product=Motherboards&Model=AX59%20Pro&Type=Manual&DownSize=8388' If there is no conlclusion to this problem using wget can anyone recommend another "Link-Verifier"? What i want to do is: check the existence of som 200k links store in a database. So far i was trying to use "/usr/bin/wget --spider \'" . $link . "\' 2>&1 | tail -2 | head -1" in a simple php script. Thanks for any help! ----- Best Regards, Andreas Belitz CIO TCTK - Database Solutions Nordanlage 3 35390 Giessen Germany Phone : +49 (0) 641 3019 446 Fax : +49 (0) 641 3019 535 Mobile : +49 (0) 176 700 16161 E-mail : mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Internet : http://www.tctk.de
