Re: lynx-dev Lynx 2.8.2

[Klaus Weide]

On Tue, 24 Aug 1999, Ellison, Rick wrote:

> Windows NT 4.0
> Lynx 2.8.2
> 
> I am using Lynx to stress test an Oracle Application Server.  

I don't know whether lynx is the most appropriate tool for this...
something else may be be still smaller and faster.

> Is there any
> way to not get each session to exit and end once a URL is completed?  

You are using -traversal; do you mean that lynx doesn't actually traverse
anything but only shows the content of one URL and then exits?

> I can't ever see the results of the URL for more than a second, then the
> window closes down.

Start it from a "DOS" window, then the window won't close.

You may also want to add -trace, and then look at the trace file
(Lynx.trace) after lynx is done.

You should remove the various traversal-generated files after each
run with -traversal, or lynx won't visit URLs listed in some of
them again.

Have you read the CRAWL.announce file that comes with lynx (at least
with the source)?  I know it is sparse, but you should read it.
If you don't have it (you should) look under
        URL: http://sol.slcc.edu/lynx/release2-8-2/lynx2-8-2/docs/

You may want to combine -traversal with -crawl.

> My DOS bat file contains:
> 
> start lynx URL -traversal

> Lynx appears to handle meta-http commands different than Netscape.

If you mean <META HTTP-EQUIV="Refresh" ...>  - yes, lynx does not
automatically do such refreshes.  Use lynx normally (interactively, i.e.
without -traversal) to see what it does.

It should follow the link with -traversal though - if appropriate.

The URLs to be traversed have to be "http:", and have the same hostname
as the first one.

> I was
> calling a URL that called another, more complex URL because of the inability
> to easily (I haven't figured out how) call URL's that have ampersands in
> them.  Any ideas?  I've tried both the UNIX and Win32 versions,
> unsuccessfully.

Where do those URLs with ampersands occur?  Do all of them have a problem?
What do they look like?

We need more concrete info to know what you mean.  Send a small example
(or point to a URL that is available externally, if possible) that
demonstrates the problem.  And describe what does happen, and what you
expect but does not happen.

The UNIX version should be better tested and have less quirks, so use that
one if you have a choice (more people on this list will probably be able
to reproduce what you are doing).

   Klaus