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Re: LYNX-DEV Lynx Question: non-interactive mode
From: |
David Woolley |
Subject: |
Re: LYNX-DEV Lynx Question: non-interactive mode |
Date: |
Sun, 5 Apr 1998 13:37:16 +0100 (BST) |
>
> Is there a way to run lynx in non-interactove mode?
Yes. There are extensive command line options.
>
> I have a program that will start lynx, send keystrokes to it to navigate and
> save a
> specific file to disk, etc. It works fine if I am logged
> on, but fails if I am not.
If you are doing anything very complex, you should run it through a
pseudo terminal with something like expect, or use kermit over a looped
back TCP connection. For simple downloading of known URLs, wget may be
better.
Unix assumed as platform.