Link checking (only)

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Subject: Link checking (only)
From: Walter Ian Kaye <walter@natural-innovations.com>
Date: Mon, 12 May 1997 12:22:09 -0700
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This is probably more of an http question, but...

Is there a standard way to check the existence of a URL resource without
actually downloading it? Preferably something supported by "all" web
servers? Hmm, that brings up another question: How does one find out what
commands are supported by different web servers?

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  Walter Ian Kaye <boo_at_best*com>    Programmer - Excel, AppleScript,
          Mountain View, CA                         ProTERM, FoxPro, HTML
 http://www.natural-innovations.com/     Musician - Guitarist, Songwriter

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