README for WebCache::Digest by Martin Hamilton <martinh@gnu.org> $Id: README,v 1.1 1999/03/12 17:55:33 martin Exp $ This Perl module implements the Cache Digest protocol as found in the Squid WWW cache server package, documented separately in the file cache-digest-v5.txt included here. The module is self-documenting, so do a 'perldoc WebCache::Digest' after installing it for info. *** WARNING *** Cache Digests are an unstable, experimental protocol. Don't build them into any production systems unless you are prepared to change your implementation at short notice! Expect the specification to change! *** WARNING *** If you downloaded this package from CPAN or a CPAN mirror site, you may want to check back to its home page to see if there's a newer version: <URL:http://wwwcache.ja.net/dev/perlmod/> You install the module by running these commands: perl Makefile.PL make make install Please report any bugs/suggestions to the author at the above address. Two sample programs are included to illustrate how the WebCache::Digest module may be used in your programs: dpeek.pl - lookup URLs in Cache Digest loaded from disk or fetched over HTTP dpoke.pl - create a Cache Digest given a list of URLs, and save it to disk for later processing These are self-documenting using POD, as with the main WebCache::Digest module itself. Copyright (c) 1999, Martin Hamilton. All rights reserved. This is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself. This work was supported by the Joint Informations Systems Committee (JISC) of the UK Higher Education funding Councils, as part of the JANET Web Cache Service project.