\_ : There must be a way to get this info, without either sucking the whole \_ : site down, or having access to the webserver? \_ : \_ : Anyone have any ideas, suggestions, etc.? \_ \_ lynx -dump -head $URL | grep Content-Length | cut -d: -f 2 Hum, this could lead to amusing issues if it hits a cgi script (or other) that doesn't play nice with issuing Content-Length. Furthermore just getting the head doesn't tell you what else might be linked to it down the tree. David