1URLS.TXT(1)                 General Commands Manual                URLS.TXT(1)
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CONFIGURATION FILE

6       urls.txt - URL database for regression testing
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INTRODUCTION

9       The  urls.txt  file is installed by default in SIEGE_HOME/etc/urls.txt.
10       When siege is invoked without a command line reference to a  URL,  then
11       by  default it looks for urls in that file.  The advantage of using the
12       urls.txt file is two-fold: One, it frees you free retyping a  url  with
13       every  invocation.  And two, it allows you to conduct full site regres‐
14       sion testing.
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16       When the urls.txt file is used, siege reads all the urls in  that  file
17       into  memory and runs through the list in one of two ways, sequentially
18       or randomly. The default run is sequential from  start  to  finish  and
19       back  again  until  the --reps or the --time option has been satisfied.
20       With the -i/--internet option selected, siege  runs  through  the  file
21       randomly  simulating  the  stress  applied  by  a community of internet
22       users.
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24       The -f/--file option allows you to select a file other then the default
25       urls.txt file. You may also instruct siege to use a different file with
26       the    "file"    directive    in    .siegerc,     i.e.,     "file     =
27       /usr/local/etc/urls.txt"
28         You  may  set  and  reference variables inside the urls.txt file. All
29       variables must be declared BEFORE they are  referenced.  Variables  are
30       declared  with the "=" operator, VARIABLE = VALUE. They are then refer‐
31       enced inside $() or ${}, example: $(HOST), ${HOST}
32        HOST = joey.joedog.org
33       http://${HOST}/browse.jsp?size=5
34       http://${HOST}/admin.jsp?name=ralph
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EXAMPLE FILE

38       This is an exmple urls.txt file.  Lines beginning with a hash  (#)  are
39       comments and ignored by siege.
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42       # Example urls.txt file
43       # URLs database for siege
44       #
45       http://www.haha.com/index.html
46       http://www.haha.com/howto/index.html
47       http://www.haha.com/cgi-bin/howto/display.cgi?1013
48       www.haha.com/cgi-bin/fm.cgi?first=j.&last=fulmer
49       https://www.haha.com/index.shtml
50       https://www.whoohoo.com/my_whoohoo.jsp
51       # POST data requires a POST directive
52       www.haha.com/cgi-bin/foo.cgi POST first=bart&last=simpson
53       www.haha.com/hoho.jsp POST name=jeff&pass=secret
54       # POST the contents of a file using the
55       # line input character "<"
56       http://www.haha.com/my.jsp POST </home/jeff/data.txt
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AUTHOR

61       Jeffrey Fulmer <jeff@joedog.org>, et al.
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BUGS

64       Report  bugs  to  jeff@joedog.org.   Give a detailed description of the
65       problem and report the version of siege that you are using.
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68       Copyright © 2007 Jeffrey Fulmer, et al.
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70       This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
71       under  the  terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the
72       Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at  your
73       option) any later version.
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75       This  program  is  distributed  in the hope that it will be useful, but
76       WITHOUT ANY  WARRANTY;  without  even  the  implied  warranty  of  MER‐
77       CHANTABILITY  or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General
78       Public License for more details.
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80       You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along
81       with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc.,
82       675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
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AVAILABILITY

85       The most recent released version of siege is available by anonymous FTP
86       from ftp.joedog.org in the directory pub/siege.
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SEE ALSO

89       siege(1) siege.config(1) layingsiege(7)
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93Siege v2.66                      April-10-2007                     URLS.TXT(1)
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