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- README file for Sslurp! 1.5
- ===========================
-
- Contents: Description
- How to install
- Where to find the latest version
- Revision History
- Contacting the author
-
-
- Description
- ===========
-
- Sslurp! can retrieve Web pages from a HTTP (WWW) server. It can be configured
- to follow all hyperlinks on the page that lead to other pages on the same
- server. Images on the pages can be retrieved as well. All pages are stored on
- disk and can be viewed later using your web browser.
-
- Sslurp! can make use of a proxy HTTP server, speeding up the whole procedure.
- Sslurp! requires at least one HPFS partition!
-
- Sslurp! is Freeware, i.e. you can use and distribute it for free. However,
- you may not sell or rent it! Sslurp! is still copyrighted software.
-
-
- How to install
- ==============
-
- Installation is simple. First, unpack the ZIP file (hey, you already did it!).
- Second, copy the files to some directory. Start the program. Select
- "Setup/Options" from the menu to configure the software. Press F1 to get help.
-
- If you upgrade from a beta version and you like to keep your settings, you
- must rename SPIDER.INI or WSUCK.INI to SSLURP.INI!
-
-
- Where to find the latest version
- ================================
-
- New versions are uploaded to these locations:
-
- http://www.kaneff.de/~mike/sslurp/ - This is the official Sslurp homepage.
- You can download the latest version
- there. The FAQ list is available there
- as well.
-
- ftp://hobbes.nmsu.edu//pub/os2/apps/internet/www/util
-
- Mirrors of above server, e.g. ftp.leo.org in Europe.
-
- ftp://ftp.wilmington.net/bmtmicro
-
-
- To-Do list
- ==========
-
- This is a list of ideas for upcoming versions:
-
- - Create a timeout handler. The TCP/IP-internal timeout feature is not
- implemented under OS/2 :-(
- - Convert absolute links to relative links (now I think I should solve
- this in a different way; stay tuned...)
-
-
-
- Revision History (> 1.0)
- ========================
-
- Version 1.5:
-
- + Sslurp calculates the cps rate after receiving an item.
- * List was not cleared correctly in automated mode
- * "!" in links was not processed correctly
- + New command line option "-O" to specify a different file for logging.
- # Changed log file format to use a 4-digit year
- + Generates a "Referer" header line in requests
- * Command line options -E and -X didn't work correctly
-
-
- Version 1.4:
-
- # New user interface. Now a list of processed and pending URLs
- is displayed. The status information is updated when the URL is processed.
- * URLs with trailing "/" have matched any file name extension. Now these
- URLs only match with "html".
- # Incomplete downloads are no longer recorded as "successful", i.e. they're
- re-loaded next time.
-
-
- Version 1.3:
-
- # Drop down list is closed when "Start" button is pressed.
- # Pressing ENTER in the drop down list is equivalent to pressing the
- "Start" button.
- * Colons in URLs are converted.
- # Options are displayed in debug log messages
-
-
- Version 1.2:
-
- * Problems with downloading Applets.
- * Extremely long HTML tags are now skipped. They may have caused crashes.
- # Leading whitespace in URLs is now skipped.
- * Some characters in URLs were unnecessarily converted for local storage.
- * Exclusion by extension didn't work correctly.
-
-
- Version 1.1:
-
- * APPLET tag without CODEBASE attribute was not processed.
- # Option "Max link level" does no longer apply to images and applets.
- + Possibility to exclude a set of link extensions from being downloaded.
- + "Use proxy" option is available as command line switch
-
-
-
- Contacting the author
- =====================
-
- SSlurp! was written by Michael Hohner. You can reach him at
-
- Internet: miho@n-online.de (new!)
- Fidonet: 2:2490/2520.17
-
-
- 07. July 1998, Michael Hohner
-