Getting great results overall but I am running into an issue when using a file as input.

If I run linkchecker directly against a url, I get a very long response that takes hours to run as it recurses over decades of content on the site

linkchecker -o csv --check-extern -D all https://ashoka.org > dotorg_link.csv

However if I run against a file with the same URL, I get one result - no recursion (even for other links on the page). I have tried using a text file and a html file as the input. I have tried specifying the -r parameter as -1 or as 5 or not including the r parametrer and it makes no difference.

linkchecker -o csv --check-extern -r -1 -D checking langtest_html.htm > dotorg_langtest.csv

The file just contains two lines

# LinkChecker URL List
https://ashoka.org

Is it possible to enable recursion when running from a file input?

I found an old thread that seemed to indicate using a html file would address this, but that made no different vs using a text file

I ran with -D all and it clearly shows recursion = 0

base_url='https://ashoka.org'
parent_url='file:///home/gks/langtest_html.htm'
base_ref=None
recursion_level=1
url_connection=None
line=1
column=1
page=0
name='ashoka dot org'

Any suggestions appreciated! I'm contemplating adding a password protected page to the site that includes all the links I want to recurse over, but hoping to avoid that.

Thanks
Gorav