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Re: lynx-dev lynx question/batch mode
From: |
Klaus Weide |
Subject: |
Re: lynx-dev lynx question/batch mode |
Date: |
Tue, 4 May 1999 07:35:39 -0500 (CDT) |
On Mon, 3 May 1999, Cynthia Griffiths (516)233-6839 wrote:
> Good afternoon;
>
> I am using Lynx 2.4-FM on an digital alpha running VMS.
> I am attempting to use lynx in batch mode. I have followed an example
> that I saw on the lynx web site:
>
> **************************************
> lynx -get_data < get.parms http://www.metacrawler.com/crawler > get.result
Does input/output redirection with '<' and '>' really work on VMS
(I assume that means using DCL)?
> The file get.parms in this case contains all the
> parameters URLencoded on one line and
> the terminating triple-hyphen on a following line:
>
> general=Lynx+Links&method=2&format=1®ion=0&rpp=20&timeout =15&hpe=10
> ---
> *******************************************
>
>
> I have tried the following:
> lynx 196.3.23.35.218/ddbmail/dtmalert.pl
> q
> y
>
> and also I have tried:
> lynx 196.3.23.35.218/ddbmail/dtmalert.pl
> ---
>
> Would you be able to point out what am doing incorrectly??
> The above does not run in "batch" mode, it waits for a q to quit!
You may have to add a '-dump' flag on VMS. On Unix that is automatically
implied. Comment about '-get_data' from the source (LYMain.c):
/*
* On Unix, conflicts with curses when interactive
* so let's force a dump. - CL
*
* On VMS, mods have been made in LYCurses.c to deal
* with potential conflicts, so don't force the dump
* here. - FM
*/
Klaus