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wwwoffled(8)		     System Manager's Manual		    wwwoffled(8)

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

SYNOPSIS
     wwwoffled [-h|--help] [--version] [-c <config-file>] [-d [<log-level>]] [-l
     <log-file>] [-f] [-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  ww-
     woffled  server,  web pages can be requested while not connected to the in-
     ternet.

     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,	interac-
     tive  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 or-
     der, by following links from this page.  There is	also  indexes  available
     showing  the  pages that have been modified in the last week, those fetched
     last time online and those requests that are waiting  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://localhost:8080/re-
     fresh/.

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

     --version
	    The version number of the program is printed.

     -c <config-file>
	    The configuration for the program is stored in a configuration  file
	    wwwoffle.conf(5).	This  argument specifies to the program the name
	    of that file.  Sending a HUP signal to the daemon  will  cause  this
	    config file to be re-read.

     -d [<log-level>]
	    Do	not detach from the terminal when starting and report error mes-
	    sages on standard error.  The log-level is a number from 0	(for  no
	    output  on	stderr)  to 6 (for full debugging output on stderr).  If
	    this is not specified then the log-level in the config file is used.

     -l <log-file>
	    Detach from the terminal but write to a log  file  what  would  have
	    been  written to stderr if the -d option had been used.  Defaults to
	    using a log level of 4, but using the -d option can change this (but
	    it will still detach).  Sending a HUP  signal  to  the  daemon  will
	    cause this log file to be closed and re-opened.

     -f     Start the daemon in debugging mode (implies -d and overrides -l) and
	    when  the  first  HTTP request comes in handle it without creating a
	    child process and then exit.

     -p     Print the pid of the daemon process on stdout. This  option  is  ig-
	    nored if the -d or -f options are used.

FILES
     /etc/wwwoffle/wwwoffle.conf The wwwoffle.conf(5) configuration file.

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

AUTHOR
     Andrew M. Bishop 1996-2013.

				 March 16, 2013 		    wwwoffled(8)

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