wget testing

[Chris F.A. Johnson]

On Thu, 10 Sep 2009, Slack Rat wrote:

> teddy mills a ?crit profondement:
> 
> | I am doing some wget testing.
> | I need a site (preferably Toronto) for wget tests 75mbits+ (9.6 MB/sec)
> | (more reasonable would be 20 to 50 mbits)
> | 
> | I asked this a few weeks ago, but I cannot find those emails.
> 
> Why mot spyder your bookmarks?
> 
> Should give you lots of tests and be bookmark-informative too
> 
> Modify to suit your system and choice of browser
> 
> This is for Opera running in HOME using Emacs
> 
> cp ~/.opera/bookmarks.adr ~/bookmarks
> 
> cat ~/bookmarks |grep URL > ~/BOOKMARKS
> 
> emacs ~/BOOKMARKS
> 
> Meta/ALT-x replace-string
> 1. give it #URL and CR --- replace with nothing
> 2. give it URL=  and CR --- replace with nothing
> 3. CTRL-s  CTRL-c  --- save and exit
> (Sorry, I'm not VI literate)

   Why not simply:

grep URL= ~/.opera/bookmarks.adr | cut -d= -f2- > ~/BOOKMARKS

 
> Go for it, tuning up your wget to whatever turns your crank, but
> basically
>  wget --spider  -i ~/BOOKMARKS
> 
> Option: Extend it by saving the results to a file for later inspection and
> action
> 
> Option: Run it as a daily/weekly/monthly CronJob and email yourself the
> results 
> 
> 

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