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wwwoffled(8)                                         wwwoffled(8)


NAME
       wwwoffled - A proxy server for the World Wide Web Offline Explorer.


SYNOPSIS
       wwwoffled [-h] [-c <config-file>] [-d [<log-level>]] [-p]


DESCRIPTION
       wwwoffled  is  a  proxy  HTTP  server  for  the  World Wide Web Offline
       Explorer program.  Using a standard web browser with the HTTP proxy set
       to the wwwoffled server, web pages can be requested while not connected
       to the internet.

       When the computer is connected to the internet, the server  will  fetch
       the  web  pages  requested  by  the  browser and also store them in the
       cache.  When the computer is not connected, browsing of  the  pages  in
       the  cache  is  still possible, and links can be followed.  This causes
       the request for the page to be stored by the proxy server until a later
       time  when  the  computer  is  connected and the pages are fetched non-
       interactively.

       Pages that are requested from a server on the same host (localhost) are
       not cached, and are always fetched fresh from the server.

       There is a welcome page at the URL http://localhost:8080/ that contains
       some information about the program and links to the cache index, inter-
       active  refresh  page,  interactive  control page and WWWOFFLE internet
       home page.

       The pages that are stored in the cache can be indexed by using the  URL
       http://localhost:8080/index/  to  get  a  list  of  the hosts that have
       cached pages.  The index allows sorting  of  the  pages  into  time  or
       alphabetical  order,  by following links from this page.  There is also
       indexes available showing the pages that have beem modified in the last
       week,  those fetched last time online and those requests that are wait-
       ing to be fetched next time online.

       The functions available from the wwwoffle(1) program for fetching  URLs
       are  also  available  in  the interactive refresh page at http://local-
       host:8080/refresh/.

       The functions available from the wwwoffle(1)  program  for  controlling
       the  wwwoffled  program  are  also available in the interactive control
       page at http://localhost:8080/control/.


OPTIONS
       -h     A help message is printed giving  a  brief  description  of  the
              usage of the program.

       -c <config-file>
              The  configuration  for the program is stored in a configuration
              file wwwoffle.conf(5).  This argument specifies to  the  program



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wwwoffled(8)                                         wwwoffled(8)


              the  name  of that file.  Sending a HUP signal to the demon will
              cause this config file to be re-read.

       -d [<log-level>]
              Do not detach from the terminal when starting and  report  error
              messages  on  standard  error.  The log-level is a number from 0
              (for no output on stderr) to 5 (for debugging output on stderr).
              If  this  is not specified then the log-level in the config file
              is used.

       -p     Print the pid of the daemon process on stdout. This option  can-
              not be used with option -d.


FILES
       /var/spool/wwwoffle/wwwoffle.conf  The  wwwoffle.conf(5)  configuration
       file.


SEE ALSO
       wwwoffle(1), wwwoffle.conf(5)


AUTHOR
       Andrew M. Bishop 1996,1997,1998,1999 (amb@gedanken.demon.co.uk)
































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