Dear Monks, I want to gain information from several websites using WWW::Mechanize and the following code: 
use WWW:Mechanize
$website=WWW::Mechanize->new();
$website->get('http://www.website.com');

$link_id=0;
while(1)
    {
    $link_id++;
    if($website->follow_link(n=>$link_id))
        {
        do_something();
        $website->back();
        }
    else
        {
        last;
        }
    }

[download]
The problem is, that the program crashes if the link is not found or a link cannot be followed (e.g. an email address returns the error 'can't find sendmail' and exits). How can I prevent the program from crashing?

In reply to WWW::Mechanize - Check if link can be followed by Microcebus

Title:
Use:  <p> text here (a paragraph) </p>
and:  <code> code here </code>
to format your post, it's "PerlMonks-approved HTML":


  • Posts are HTML formatted. Put <p> </p> tags around your paragraphs. Put <code> </code> tags around your code and data!
  • Titles consisting of a single word are discouraged, and in most cases are disallowed outright.
  • Read Where should I post X? if you're not absolutely sure you're posting in the right place.
  • Please read these before you post! —
  • Posts may use any of the Perl Monks Approved HTML tags:
    a, abbr, b, big, blockquote, br, caption, center, col, colgroup, dd, del, details, div, dl, dt, em, font, h1, h2, h3, h4, h5, h6, hr, i, ins, li, ol, p, pre, readmore, small, span, spoiler, strike, strong, sub, summary, sup, table, tbody, td, tfoot, th, thead, tr, tt, u, ul, wbr
  • You may need to use entities for some characters, as follows. (Exception: Within code tags, you can put the characters literally.)
            For:     Use:
    & &amp;
    < &lt;
    > &gt;
    [ &#91;
    ] &#93;
  • Link using PerlMonks shortcuts! What shortcuts can I use for linking?
  • See Writeup Formatting Tips and other pages linked from there for more info.