How do I check if a file exists on another (remote) domain?

CMW has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

I am trying to create a script which checks if a site is up or down by checking for a certain file on that domain.

I have tried a few things but as it seems they are all for checking local file and to check for a remote file!

Any suggestions?

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Re: How do I check if a file exists on another (remote) domain? by davorg (Chancellor) on Sep 17, 2001 at 17:52 UTC
Use LWP::Simple and the `head` function. `use LWP::Simple; my $url = 'http://some.server.com/file.html'; if (head($url)) { # file is there } else { # file is missing }` [download]	[reply] [d/l]