new --status option

git-svn-id: https://linkchecker.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/linkchecker/trunk/linkchecker@1142 e7d03fd6-7b0d-0410-9947-9c21f3af8025

linkcheck/Config.py

@@ -406,6 +406,8 @@ class Configuration (dict):
         except ConfigParser.Error, msg: debug(NIGHTMARE, msg)
         try: self["quiet"] = cfgparser.getboolean(section, "quiet")
         except ConfigParser.Error, msg: debug(NIGHTMARE, msg)
+        try: self["status"] = cfgparser.getboolean(section, "status")
+        except ConfigParser.Error, msg: debug(NIGHTMARE, msg)
         try: self["warnings"] = cfgparser.getboolean(section, "warnings")
         except ConfigParser.Error, msg: debug(NIGHTMARE, msg)
         try:

linkchecker

@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ For single-letter option arguments the space is not a necessity. So
         For local file urls, only local files are internal. For
         http and ftp urls, all urls at the same domain name are internal.
 --status
-        Regularly print numbers of urls checked and still to check.
+        Print check status every 5 seconds to stderr.
 -t num, --threads=num
         Generate no more than num threads. Default number of threads is 5.
         To disable threading specify a non-positive number.

linkchecker.1

@@ -110,6 +110,9 @@ Check only the syntax of external links, do not try to connect to them.
 For local file urls, only local files are internal. For
 http and ftp urls, all urls at the same domain name are internal.
 .TP
+\fB--status\fP
+Print check status every 5 seconds to stderr.
+.TP
 \fB-t \fInum\fP, \fB--threads=\fInum\fP
 Generate no more than \fInum\fP threads. Default number of threads is 5.
 To disable threading specify a non-positive number.