WWC

WWC provides a tool which monitors changes in Web sites.
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  • License:
  • GPL
  • Price:
  • FREE
  • Publisher Name:
  • Simon Bichler
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WWC provides a tool which monitors changes in Web sites. WWC provides a tool which monitors changes in Web sites.WWC (Which Web site Changed) is a tool that visits a user-provided list of Web sites and notifies the user via email if any of them has changed. It is designed to be run by cron once a day.Requirements:· cron - to start wwc once a day· wget - a program to download webpages· a mail subsystem that allows you to send emails using the 'mail' command· cmp - to compare the new file with the old fileInstallation:· make a directory that you have write access to (e.g.: ~/.wwc/)· put a list of websites to watch in this directory (e.g.: ~/.wwc/wwc.cfg)· if you have the wget or the mail command in an unusual location, then edit the wwc.pl script accordingly· copy the ww.pl script to a location of your choice (e.g.: /usr/local/bin/wwc.pl) · add a line to your crontab to start wwc once a day (using crontab -e): 0 8 * * * /usr/local/bin/wwc.pl /home/bichler/.wwc/wwc.cfg to start it every day at 8:00FORMAT OF WEBSITE LIST: The first line of the config file must contain an email address, that the reports will be sent to. The following lines start with a descriptive name for the website, followed by the address of the website. Everything up to the first http:// or ftp:// is considered to be the name, everything after to be the address. Empty lines and lines starting with '#' are ignored.


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