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-- Perl Server Side CGI Scripting
---- Perl to check if a website is running

moltar - 6:22 am on Nov 18, 2003 (gmt 0)


Pinging the server box does not mean that HTTP server is running. It can be that the actual server is on and functioning, but HTTP server is down.

That happens very often as a matter of fact. Most of the load is on the HTTP server, not on the hardware or other servers (FTP, mail, etc...)

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