---
name: "htnotify"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "htdig"
version: "1:3.2.0b6-21"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/htnotify"
---

# htnotify(1)

sends email notifications about out-dated web pages discovered by htmerge

## NAME

htnotify - sends email notifications about out-dated web pages discovered by htmerge

## SYNOPSIS

**htnotify**
 *\[options\]*

## DESCRIPTION

*Htnotify*
 scans the document database created by
 *htmerge*
 and sends an email message for every page that is out of date. Please
 have a look at the ht://Dig notification manual for instructions on how to
 set up this service.

## OPTIONS

**-b *database***
 Specifies an alternative database than what is specified in
 the configuration file. 
 **-c *configfile***
 Use the specified
 *configfile*
 instead of the default. 
 **-v**
 Verbose mode. This increases the verbosity of the program.
 Used once will display a log of what email messages were
 sent. Used more than once will display information about
 each document that has email notification set.

## FILES

**/etc/htdig/htdig.conf**
 The default configuration file.

## SEE ALSO

Please refer to the HTML pages (in the htdig-doc package)
 **/usr/share/doc/htdig-doc/html/index.html**
 and the manual pages
 *[htdig(1)](/htdig/1.md)*
 and 
 *[htmerge(1)](/htmerge/1.md)*
 for a detailed description of ht://Dig and its commands.

## AUTHOR

This manual page was written by Christian Schwarz, modified by
 Stijn de Bekker, based on the HTML documentation of ht://Dig.