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ARF
Copyright 1996 by Bitsafe Computer Services
Email: bitsafe@execpc.com
Arf is a client program for databases on the world wide web.
To install Arf, put cswsock.vbx in your \windows\system directory and
put arf.exe & readme in whatever directory you want.
Let's say you want to use Alta Vista to find all the web pages that deal
with a subject such as "animal training."
Remember the routine?
Type in your query,
press the submit button,
get a page with ten links in it,
laboriously follow each link,
get another page of ten links,
laboriously follow each link,
etc, etc, etc
Instead of manually following link after link, have Arf do the query
for you. Arf will doggedly follow every link that Alta Vista has on
your query. Arf will retrieve every page that Alta Vista points to,
putting the pages on your disk drive. Later you can browse the pages
at your leisure or use a search program to perform more refined
searches. This is real power searching!
This is the free version of Arf. If you want to be able to fetch more
than 10 web pages per search, then please send your email address and
$10 in US funds to:
Bitsafe
425 S. Bird St. #110
Sun Prairie, WI 53590
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Further instructions:
Type in a search term in the textbox labeled "For" using Alta Vista's
search syntax. Press enter. Arf contacts Alta Vista and gives it your
search term. Alta Vista gives back a page of hypertext links to web
pages that fit your search term. Arf then fetches those web pages to
your hard disk where you can browse them at your leisure. Arf gets
page after page of links from Alta Vista.
You can limit the number of links that Arf will follow by setting the
"Max Links" radio box. Please note that Alta Vista will only return at
most two hundred links. This is not a limitation of Arf, you cannot
get more than two hundred links even if you follow the links manually.
You can skip links by setting the "Skip Links" boxes.
The "Timeout" textboxes limit how many seconds Arf will wait for Alta
Vista or a link to respond.
There is a light under the "Max Links" box. When it is red, Arf is
waiting for Alta Vista. When it is blue, Arf is waiting for a page.
When it is green, Arf is waiting for a command. When the light is
blue, you can click the mouse on the light to tell Arf to abandon a
fetch immediately. Arf then goes on to fetch the next page.
Once Arf starts fetching, a stop button appears under the light.
Pressing this button tells Arf to totally stop chasing links.
The "Where To Put Fetched Pages" box tells Arf where to store the
pages it fetches. You can specify a directory and a prefix. The files
that Arf generates are named prefix0, prefix1, etc.
Arf generates an html file called "fetched.htm" in the same
directory where the pages are stored. This file contains links
pointing to the files Arf has put on your disk. Use a web browser
such as Netscape to view your files.
Arf also generates a file called "badlinks.htm" where links to pages
that Arf was unable to fetch are stored.