Please see below ...
Joe.
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> Subject: RE: wwwman.cpp (was Re: Comments?)
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> wrote:
> >Secondly, there is at least one other problem with 'wwwman' that no
> >one has mentioned - it doesn't work with big directories.
>
>
> >
> >Finally, I'm not entirely sure what this "cacheindex" feature is ...
>
> try the url "file:cacheindex.dgi" it is a nice feature to see what pages
> are stored in the cache and where they came from. especially useful if
> you want to find something you have visited earlier...
>
[Joe da Silva]
Ummm ... all I get is the message :
"Incomaptible version!" :-/
(using 1.70r3)
> >anyhow, shouldn't 'wwwman' be able to tell if the cache of the directory
> >listing is current before using it?
>
> Hmm, i was thinking of that too. just to add a fileexistance test before
> printing would be easy for someone that knows C.
>
[Joe da Silva]
Also, it must see if there are any new files ...
> >I invariably have to "refresh/reload"
> >anything 'wwwman' shows me, because too often it's outdated and
> >I can't trust it.
>
> That has to do with arachnes handling of cached items.
> It would be possible to add <arachne nocache> but then it gets slow
> intead.
> Well,
> my wish for a solution to the caching problem is a "nocache" flag in
> mime.cfg
>
>
