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Re: lynx-dev Request: lynx should accept HTML page from stding
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Bela Lubkin |
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Re: lynx-dev Request: lynx should accept HTML page from stding |
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Thu, 8 Oct 1998 19:26:17 -0700 |
Eduardo Chappa wrote:
> I tried the following recipe
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> :0 B fbw
> * ()<HTML>
> | lynx -dump -force_html
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> and it worked perfectly. The only problem I had was that I could not use
> my own version of Lynx, it used the one installed in the system and
> nothing that I tried worked, but I guess this is not hte right place to
> discuss this. In any case if somebody knows, please let me know.
That would always dump your default Lynx home page! Try:
| lynx -dump -force_html -nolist /dev/stdin
(try with and without -nolist, see which is closer to your intend
purpose). Depends on the existence of /dev/stdin, which I think is
pretty standard on Unix-like operating systems these days. If it's
missing, try /dev/fd/0; if not that, use a temp file:
| cat > junk.html; lynx -dump -nolist junk.html
That introduces all sorts of horrible security issues, so /dev/stdin is
much better.
Of course, using Lynx in this manner probably opens up a bunch of
security holes in the first place. Adding "-restrictions=all" might
make it slightly safer. So I recommend:
:0 B fbw
* ()<HTML>
| lynx -dump -force_html -nolist -restrictions=all /dev/stdin
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