Dependent files / ftp / checking if file is referenced anywhere

I have a web page I've taken over the administration of. The
site is a number of years old, and there are numerous files that
are still on the site, but aren't used anymore.
I am wondering if there is a way to check if a certain file
[such as xyzfoo.jpg, or xyzfoo.mp3] is referenced in any of the
current pages. Bottom line, is there would be anything lost by
deleting it.
Whether that's possible or not, the other direction I'm
wondering if is possible, is whether I can select a specific page
(not necessarily the homepage), and Get (via the ftp connection on
Dreamweaver) that page and everything it needs/references.
I am aware of the checkbox for "Display Dependent Files" on
the Site Map Layout, as well as saying "Yes" to "Get Dependent
Files" when FTPing the files from Remote to Local, but even when I
did this on one test page it did not bring in the .mp3 files that
the page links to.
Whether there is a conventional or unconventional way to do
this, I would be eager to hear any thoughts on this; I am normally
a programmer but relatively new to doing much with web pages and
would welcome any assistance.
Thank you.

You would need to understand what a dependent file is to know
how that
option works. A 'dependent' file is any file that is required
for the file
you are getting/putting to properly display. A file that is
merely linked
to from a page is not a dependent file.
That said, you can check for linkages in two ways -
1. Do a sitewide FIND for the filename, or
2. Select the file, and rename it. If that file is referenced
on other
pages, DW will tell you, and ask you if you want to proceed.
By saying NO
to this, then you will exit the rename.
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>I have a web page I've taken over the administration of.
The site is a
>number
> of years old, and there are numerous files that are
still on the site, but
> aren't used anymore.
>
> I am wondering if there is a way to check if a certain
file [such as
> xyzfoo.jpg, or xyzfoo.mp3] is referenced in any of the
current pages.
> Bottom
> line, is there would be anything lost by deleting it.
>
> Whether that's possible or not, the other direction I'm
wondering if is
> possible, is whether I can select a specific page (not
necessarily the
> homepage), and Get (via the ftp connection on
Dreamweaver) that page and
> everything it needs/references.
> I am aware of the checkbox for "Display Dependent Files"
on the Site Map
> Layout, as well as saying "Yes" to "Get Dependent Files"
when FTPing the
> files
> from Remote to Local, but even when I did this on one
test page it did not
> bring in the .mp3 files that the page links to.
>
> Whether there is a conventional or unconventional way to
do this, I would
> be
> eager to hear any thoughts on this; I am normally a
programmer but
> relatively
> new to doing much with web pages and would welcome any
assistance.
>
> Thank you.
>

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Better?
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"newscenter" <[email protected]> wrote in
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> In DW8, I've created a new site which is failing to Get
dependent files.
> Even
> though I click Yes in the Get dependent files? dialog
box, DW downloads
> only
> the single selected file, not the dozens of images,
stylesheets and SSIs
> included on the page. Previously created sites don't
have this problem,
> even
> though I'm performing the Get on the same index.html
file, both old and
> new
> sites use the same remote FTP server and login, and both
also map their
> local
> root folder to folders on the same network share drive.
(The new,
> problematic
> site maps one folder closer to the root on the remote
server, because it
> needs
> to include FTP access to the cgi-bin, though that's not
where the
> dependent-files error is occurring.)
>
> I originally encountered the problem on DW8/WinXPPro,
but I've created the
> same site on DW8/Mac OSX 10.4.11, and encountered the
same problem, so it
> wouldn't appear to be a corrupt installation. Are there
limits to how
> close to
> the server root a site can map without causing errors?
(Old site's remote
> host
> directory is www/htdocs/ while the new site's host
directory is simply
> www/ )
>

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Hi Stefan,
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>>>
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