Re: comp.lang.javascript FAQ - META 2008-05-07

On Thu, 8 May 2008 03:40:11 -0700 (PDT), Bart Van der Donck
<bart@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:

>Jim Ley wrote:
>
>> I don't believe the posting is still being done from my
>> machine, and I'm not entirely clear on the process -
>> however the text versions on the server didn't match the
>> version in the HTML, so I updated those, I'll have a
>> look to see if that works.
>>
>> Does anyone remember how the posting is being done?
>
>It is automated; the Perl script for the daily postings runs from
>216.92.131.147 since July 2006. It performs a remote request to
>http://www.jibbering.com/faq/index.xml
and extracts one FAQ-entry from
>it. The script has an internal counter so that it takes the next FAQ-
>entry every day and starts over when there are no more FAQ-entries.

Thanks Bart!

This index.xml has been the 2008 9.91 version since the 19th of
January, so is the remote request being cached or something? 

Cheers,

Jim.