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On Wed, 30 Oct 96 16:23:12 GMT, in article
     <846692592snz@bobsh.demon.co.uk> Bob@bobsh.demon.co.uk
     "Robert. S. Harris." wrote:

> I have been using the Smallnet version of the KA9Q software for a
> while, using the new HTTP command, I've been very pleased with it, but
> now have a suggestion as an extension to its functionality.
> 
> Scenario:
> I produce a list of URLs to get, into a text file called htm.lst in
> the Demon rootdir.
> I use the command at the "net>" prompt - http @htm.lst - and all are
> fetched, assuming they exist and I got the URLs right.
> I filter them through an HTML converter, making sure I keep all the
> href's so I can build the next list.
> 
> Problem:
> Most local pages have local references which is fair enough, except
> that I can't find a reference in the page I'm scanning, to show what
> the original URL was to form a complete line for the new list.
> i.e.    Web pages seldom say where they came from.

If you use the format URL file=name1.htm, URL name2.htm, etc the fetch 
list will be a link between the pages and their names. A little routine 
could add your comment for you using the fetch list as the key.

I don't quite see the problem with local references since if you're 
browsing locally, local references will work fine if the pages are named 
correctly. I can't sat that I've come across any web pages with long 
names, although quite a few with .html suffixes, but they don't bother 
DOS at all.

I must say that my "wants" are more general in application than yours. 
I'd like to issue an http fetch, look at the output and pick the 
references I'd then like to fetch, recall the http command and edit it, 
etc. KA9Q/Textwin can do all of that except the recall and DNOS can do 
it all except the editing. A bugger, or what ?

Incidentally, ever successfully got any pages from Compuserve with 
KA9Q/Textwin's http ? If so, what was the format of the URL ? So far as 
I can see, what works fine for Netscape gets a raspberry when used with 
http. The KA9Q, or rather the JNOS, www server also waves two fingers at 
me when using http :(

Ian.
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