Re: lynx-dev Q: control lynx from C

[Webmaster Jim]

On Thu, Feb 18, 1999 at 12:49:22PM -0500, Philip Webb wrote:
> 990218 Rubin wrote: 
> > Is it possible to control lynx from C?
>                                       ^ maybe you mean UNIX?
> > I would expect a command line option that allows for lynx
> > to read the commands not from keyboard but from a pipe or a file.
> > to connect to a site & automate browsing & getting info from there.
> > I am a novice in lynx, maybe you can suggest an alternative solution? 
>  
> Lynx won't take commands from a file.
> the usual recommendation for this type of thing is wget,
> which you can find at  ftp://gnjilux.cc.fer.hr/pub/unix/util/wget .

Another tool for your belt is the libwww-perl kit, available at your
local CPAN site. It's been done already.

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Marvin the Paranoid Android says:
Come on then; let's get this over with as soon as possible.