Saving the Results

Xenu's Link Sleuth

You may want to save the results of Xenu's link check, particularly if there are many links that need to be updated on your site.

To save the results of the link check to a file:

  1. Check a URL using Xenu.
  2. Click No when Xenu asks if you'd like a report.
  3. Under the File menu, select Save As. Or, select the small disk icon from the toolbar. Enter a filename and enter the location where you'd like to save the file on your computer's hard drive.
  4. Later, you can Open the file to view it again (either click on the small folder icon on the toolbar, or under the File menu select Open).
  5. When you're viewing the saved file at a later time, use Xenu to retry broken links. This is especially useful to find links that may have been only temporarily broken, or if you want to verify that links you have fixed are indeed working properly. Under the File menu select retry broken links to have Xenu revisit links that were broken in the initial check.