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URLS.TXT(5)              DragonFly File Formats Manual             URLS.TXT(5)


NAME

       urls.txt - URL database for regression testing


INTRODUCTION

       The urls.txt file is installed by default in SIEGE_HOME/etc/urls.txt.
       When siege is invoked without a command line reference to a URL, then
       by default it looks for urls in that file.  The advantage of using the
       urls.txt file is two-fold: One, it frees you free retyping a url with
       every invocation.  And two, it allows you to conduct full site
       regression testing.

       When the urls.txt file is used, siege reads all the urls in that file
       into memory and runs through the list in one of two ways, sequentially
       or randomly. The default run is sequential from start to finish and
       back again until the --reps or the --time option has been satisfied.
       With the -i/--internet option selected, siege runs through the file
       randomly simulating the stress applied by a community of internet
       users.
         The -f/--file option allows you to select a file other then the
       default urls.txt file. You may also instruct siege to use a different
       file with the "file" directive in .siegerc, i.e., "file =
       /usr/local/etc/urls.txt"
        You may set and reference variables inside the urls.txt file. All
       variables must be declared BEFORE they are referenced. Variables are
       declared with the "=" operator, VARIABLE = VALUE. They are then
       referenced inside $() or ${}, example: $(HOST), ${HOST}
        HOST=joey.joedog.org
       http://${HOST}/browse.jsp?size=5
       http://${HOST}/admin.jsp?name=ralph


EXAMPLE FILE

       This is an exmple urls.txt file.  Lines beginning with a hash (#) are
       comments and ignored by siege.

       #
       # Example urls.txt file
       # URLs database for siege
       #
       http://www.haha.com/index.html
       http://www.haha.com/howto/index.html
       http://www.haha.com/cgi-bin/howto/display.cgi?1013
       www.haha.com/cgi-bin/fm.cgi?first=j.&last=fulmer
       https://www.haha.com/index.shtml
       https://www.whoohoo.com/my_whoohoo.jsp
       # POST data requires a POST directive
       www.haha.com/cgi-bin/foo.cgi POST first=bart&last=simpson
       www.haha.com/hoho.jsp POST name=jeff&pass=secret
       # POST the contents of a file using the
       # line input character "<"
       http://www.haha.com/my.jsp POST </home/jeff/data.txt


AUTHOR

       Jeffrey Fulmer <jeff@joedog.org>, et al.


BUGS

       Report bugs to jeff@joedog.org.  Give a detailed description of the
       problem and report the version of siege that you are using.


COPYRIGHT

       Copyright (C) 2007 Jeffrey Fulmer, et al.

       This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
       under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the
       Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your
       option) any later version.

       This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
       WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
       MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
       General Public License for more details.

       You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along
       with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc.,
       675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.


AVAILABILITY

       The most recent released version of siege is available by anonymous FTP
       from ftp.joedog.org in the directory pub/siege.


SEE ALSO

       siege(1) siege.config(1) layingsiege(7)

Siege v3.1.3                   December-23-2015                    URLS.TXT(5)

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