Alex Osborne
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Only write heritrix_dmesg.log when requested Heritrix.java always created heritrix_dmesg.log in $HERITRIX_HOME, even though only the bin/heritrix script reads it, and only when it starts Heritrix in the background. This got in the way of making $HERITRIX_HOME read-only for Docker and systemd setups. The startup log is now written only when the heritrix.dmesg system property gives its path. bin/heritrix sets this property in background mode and keeps the file in the same place as before. Also fix a typo in bin/heritrix ($startmessage) that stopped it removing a heritrix_dmesg.log left over from a previous start. Set -Dheritrix.dmesg in heritrix.cmd too.
Heritrix
Introduction
Heritrix is the Internet Archive's open-source, extensible, web-scale, archival-quality web crawler project. Heritrix (sometimes spelled heretrix, or misspelled or missaid as heratrix/heritix/heretix/heratix) is an archaic word for heiress (woman who inherits). Since our crawler seeks to collect and preserve the digital artifacts of our culture for the benefit of future researchers and generations, this name seemed apt.
Crawl Operators!
Heritrix is designed to respect the robots.txt exclusion directives and META nofollow tags. Please consider the
load your crawl will place on seed sites and set politeness policies accordingly. Also, always identify your crawl with contact information in the User-Agent so sites that may be adversely affected by your crawl can contact you or adapt their server behavior accordingly.
Documentation
Developer Documentation
- Developer Manual
- REST API documentation
- JavaDoc: engine, modules, commons, contrib
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Information about releases can be found here.
License
Heritrix is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the Apache License, Version 2.0
Some individual source code files are subject to or offered under other licenses. See the included LICENSE.txt file for more information.
Heritrix is distributed with the libraries it depends upon. The libraries can be found under the lib directory in the release distribution, and are used under the terms of their respective licenses, which are included alongside the libraries in the lib directory.