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Re: LYNX-DEV Downloading a file in background
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Philip Webb |
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Re: LYNX-DEV Downloading a file in background |
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Wed, 26 Nov 1997 00:31:07 -0500 (EST) |
971125 Andrew Jamieson wrote:
> is it possible to have lynx download a file in the background,
> as well as save it automatically? If I try run lynx in the background
> it will not continue unless it is able to display its tty output,
> and even then I need to be there at the end in order to tell lynx that yes,
> I want to save the file to disk and with which file name.
basically, No.
people have recommended wget for this kind of thing (i haven't tried it):
get it from ftp://gnjilux.cc.fer.hr/pub/unix/util/wget/ .
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