From: Davide Benini <nutsmuggler@...>
Date: 2008-09-11T22:34:28+09:00
Subject: Re: How to check if a webpage exists


> 
> You can use something really low level:
> http://p.ramaze.net/1960

Hi Micheal, the low-level solution you've linked to doesn't seem to work 
at all; I changed the code and tested http://www.google.com and I get 
"what to do when it doesn't work".
Yours would actually be the solution I like best; does it work on your 
system?
Cheers,
Davide

> Note that you can use the status to determine what happened... see the
> http rfc for more information on the status codes.
> http://www.w3.org/Protocols/rfc2616/rfc2616-sec6.html#sec6.1.1

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