Stopping on the web!

C K (sleepinginseattle@hotmail.com)
Thu, 25 Jan 2001 14:41:00 -0800


Hi, I have a webcheck script that can be named webcheck.pl or webcheck.cgi

If named webcheck.pl, it allows command line execution, verbose printout as 
it checks a site, and termination of the script via Ctrl-C (should a website 
be taking to long to check and parse)

If named webcheck.cgi, it allows online execution, verbose html printout 
(similar to verbose command line printout) as it checks a site, and 
termination via the browser's stop button (supposedly???).  Even though I 
press the browser's stop button, doesn't the script continue to run on the 
backend, until the script finishes checking and parsing a site?

Do you know how I can catch the user's cancellation via pressing the stop 
button or exiting the browser?  Can one even do this?

Even though I do have a limit on number of pages allowed for webchecking, I 
was just curious if it's possible to check for user cancellations.

Well, thanks in advanced for your input!

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