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#                     ExcludeInstructions.txt
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# 
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# * What this file is for...
# 
#   Use the Excluded URL file to prevent the eValid Site Analysis
#   process from examining certain selected URLs during a eValid
#   Site Analysis session.
# 
#   You can provide different Exclude-URLs files for different
#   situations.  eValid uses the current one (selected from the
#   Site Analysis Preferences menu) for the current search.
# 
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# * Why Do I Need This...
# 
#   You may want to run a search but prevent the spider from
#   examining:
# 
#   > A URL which you know to be very large file.
#   > A URL which, if searched, would terminate subsequent
#     processing, for example, one which is known to log you off
#     after have logged in.
#   > Areas of a website (which match a blocking string) that are
#     not of interest.
# 
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# * How Does It Work....
# 
#   The file you specify in the Site Analysis Preferences as the
#   "Exclude URLs File" in the Site Analysis Preferences specifies
#   URLs you want to exclude.  It does this by specifying strings
#   that, when found in anywhere in a candidate URL, prevent the
#   URL from being processed further.
# 
#   URLs that are blocked this way using this mechanism are marked
#   as "[excluded = URL]" in the SiteMap output reports.
# 
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# * File Format and Processing Rules...
# 
#   Block strings are case-sensitive: "XYZ" does NOT block "xyz".
# 
#   Lines preceded by # (like this line) are comments.  Blank lines
#   are ignored.
# 
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# * Examples...
# 
#   http://www.XYZ.com/vlarge.pdf   The complete URL will be
#                                   blocked.
#   ACTION=3DLOGOFF                 A URL with "ACTION=3DLOGOFF"
#                                   present will be blocked.
#   /not_this/                      A URL with "/not_this/" present
#                                   will be blocked.
# 
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# * This file at present contains only comments, so no URLs will be
#   blocked.  Add your own URLs below this comment, or create a new
#   text file.
# 
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