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- HTMLRef Version 1.0 (February, 1995)
- A URL Reference Utility
-
- Satore Township
- P.O. Box 750836
- Petaluma, CA 94975-0836
-
- WWW to ftp://ftp.crl.com/ftp/users/ro/mikekell/html/satore.htm
- FTP to ftp.crl.com/ftp/users/ro/mikekell/ftp
-
- This program may be distributed freely as long as no
- modifications are made to it or this documentation. We
- ask that you register this program if you find it useful.
- The registration fee of $7.00 (U.S., by check) should be
- mailed to Satore Township at the address given above. If
- you register this program and provide us with your e-mail
- address, we will provide you with the command to eliminate
- the registration request screen which appears when the
- program is initiated.
-
- E-mail to mikekell@crl.com for comments or suggestions.
-
-
- About the Program
- -----------------
-
- HTMLRef runs under MSDOS or any environment capable of providing an
- MSDOS session. The program will scan one or more HTML/HTM files and
- intelligently select lines with a URL of the HTTP: or FTP: variety,
- sending them to a designated output file. It will additionally attempt
- to identify the URL in common language or, failing that, with the URL
- itself, and also send it to the output file. The date of the reference
- creation and the original HTML file name is also supplied in the
- HTMLRef output line. The output file is structured in such a way as to
- be viewed with a WWW browser. The result is a compendium of URL's with
- descriptions obtained from the input HTML file(s). The output file can
- be created as a new file or information can be appended by using the same
- output file name in different sessions. All input/output processing is
- handled automatically, without user intervention.
-
- Here are examples of lines from an HTMLRef-created reference file, with
- comments following:
-
- <H3> HTMLRef URL Referencer </H3><P>
- Comment: this header is created for any new HTMLRef output file.
-
- <BR><a href="http://www.cs.washington.edu/homes/bp/bp.html">
- [02/05/1995 - SUBMITUR.HTM] Washington Home Information</A>
- Comment: example of an HTMLRef output line where a description was
- available from the input line.
-
- <BR><a href="ftp://ftp.crl.com//ftp/users/ro/mikekell/ftp/htmlcon.zip">
- [02/05/1995 - SATFTP.HTM] ftp://ftp.crl.com//ftp/htmlcon.zip</A>
- Comment: example of an HTMLRef output line where an adequate
- description was not available and the URL was used.
-
-
- Installation
- ------------
-
- HTMLRef may be installed in any directory.
-
-
- Operation
- ---------
- HTMLRef can be invoked from the command line with arguments or without
- arguments. If used without arguments, HTMLRef will prompt for the
- necessary input and output filenames. Default filename extensions are
- ".HTM" if not specified by the user.
-
- Examples:
-
- 1. Use the default "HTMLREF.HTM" output reference file to process an
- HTML file named "HOMEPAGE.HTM": HTMLRef homepage
-
- 2. Use the default "HTMLREF.HTM" output reference file to process
- all HTML files beginning with "S": HTMLRef s*
-
- 3. Specify the name of an output reference file, using all HTM files
- in the directory: HMTLRef *.htm myfile.htm
-
- You may suppress certain output by using the following arguments on the
- command line. These arguments MUST be the last ones on the command line
- and MUST NOT include any spaces:
-
- -d Suppress the date information on output.
- -f Suppress the input file name information.
- -s Suppress the description information.
-
- These arguments work cumulatively, so that using "-d-f" will suppress
- BOTH the date and file name information. Using "-d-f-s" will suppress
- all information except the URL data (not useful for browsing!).
-
-
- Program Notes
- -------------
-
- Note that the HTMLRef reference file can grow in size as you append new
- input file information. HTMLRef does not provide facilities for
- eliminating duplicate URL references. It is possible that certain URL
- references will not be processed by HTMLRef is they are poorly
- structured in the input HTML file. HTMLRef makes every attempt to
- extract the URL/description information if it is structured reasonably
- in the input file.
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