I thought that code would work, but it doesn't. Check out this simplified version of the script: 
#!/usr/bin/perl

use LWP::UserAgent;

($ua = LWP::UserAgent->new)->timeout(20);

$url = "http://202.103.25.186/music/Phil%20Collins%20-%20That's%20What
+%20You%20Said.mp3";

if(($ua->request(HTTP::Request->new('HEAD', $url)))->code() == 200) {
    print "GOOD\n";
} else { 
    print "BAD\n";
}

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When this script is run, it will print GOOD. However, check out http://202.103.25.186/music/Phil%20Collins%20-%20That's%20What%20You%20Said.mp3 in your browser and you'll see that this doesn't serve up an mp3 file, rather an html page. What can I do?

In reply to Re: Re: help with link checking by rmckillen
in thread help with link checking by rmckillen

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