LYNX-DEV Question: Executable link is rejected due to '&' character

[Gabriela Segarra]

Dear Lynx developers,
We just upgraded to version 2.7.1. and we notice that links of the form:

 <a href=lynxprog:COMMAND&> 

 (i.e., where you use an ampersand at the end of the command)

don't work anymore. When you select such a link you get the message:

Alert!: Executable link is rejected due to '&' character

We are upgrading from a 2.3 version where the '&' was accepted. I was
wondering if the use of '&' to run the given command in the background
is no longer supported or if I have compiled it wrong or I'm using the
wrong command options. The command options I use when I invoke lynx are:

 -restrictions=shell,suspend,bookmark_exec,exec_frozen,telnet_port 

I would appreciate it if you could let me know if there is anything I
can do to fix this, or if you could point me to the right documentation.
Before sending this mail I look on the web and lynx documentetion for
answers to this without any success.
Thanks in advance for your help,

Gaby

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