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Re: lynx-dev using lynx in scripts (with no terminal)
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Thomas Dickey |
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Re: lynx-dev using lynx in scripts (with no terminal) |
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Fri, 13 Oct 2000 18:53:12 -0400 |
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On Fri, Oct 13, 2000 at 04:22:54PM -0500, Fiber McGee wrote:
> The message below from address@hidden
> was forwarded by the list moderator.
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> >Hi all,
> >
> >Does anybody know of any magic way how to use 'lynx' from
> >within scripts without a controlling terminal (ie in cron initiated jobs).
that's a bug in the slang configuration, fixed (more than once) last in
2000-06-02 (2.8.4dev.3)
The current version of lynx is 2.8.3
It's available at
http://lynx.browser.org
ftp://lynx.isc.org/lynx-2.8.3
2.8.4 Development & patches:
http://lynx.isc.org/current/index.html
> >The cron job does something like:
> >
> >echo 'city=London' |
> > lynx -post_data http://some.service.net/get_the_weather.html \
> > > outfile
> >
> >The error message I get is:
> >Your terminal lacks the ability to clear the screen or position the cursor.
> >
> >Thanks in advance for all replies.
>
>
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