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by **Mario Gl** » Fri, 13 Dec 1996 04:00:00

hi there,

is it not possible to have a option on lynx to automatic start lynx
and
save the binarie file automaticly to the disk ?

e.g.

lynx http://www.some.where.edu/compiled/your_dos_prog.exe -autosave

Mario (Germany)

by **David Sye** » Fri, 13 Dec 1996 04:00:00

> hi there,

> is it not possible to have a option on lynx to automatic start lynx
> and
> save the binarie file automaticly to the disk ?

> e.g.

> lynx http://www.some.where.edu/compiled/your_dos_prog.exe -autosave

Probably not what you want but how about

lynx -source http://www.some.where.edu/compiled/your_dos_prog.exe >
myfile

Dave.

by **Steffen A. Jako** » Fri, 13 Dec 1996 04:00:00

> is it not possible to have a option on lynx to automatic start lynx
> and
> save the binarie file automaticly to the disk ?

> e.g.

> lynx http://www.some.where.edu/compiled/your_dos_prog.exe -autosave

lynx -source http://www.blubb.org/something_nice > something_nice

Best wishes,
Steffen.
--
Steffen A. Jakob |"Die Ratten versenken das

+43 1 8176230-18 | (Regina Klotz)
http://www.gams.net/~saj/ |

by **Steffen A. Jako** » Fri, 13 Dec 1996 04:00:00

> is it not possible to have a option on lynx to automatic start lynx
> and save the binarie file automaticly to the disk ?

> e.g.

> lynx http://www.some.where.edu/compiled/your_dos_prog.exe -autosave

lynx -source http://www.blubb.org/something_nice > something_nice

Best wishes,
Steffen.
--
Steffen A. Jakob |"Die Ratten versenken das

+43 1 8176230-18 | (Regina Klotz)
http://www.gams.net/~saj/ |

by **Ed Doolitt** » Fri, 20 Dec 1996 04:00:00

> is it not possible to have a option on lynx to automatic start lynx
> and
> save the binarie file automaticly to the disk ?
> lynx http://www.some.where.edu/compiled/your_dos_prog.exe -autosave

If lynx itself doesn't offer such a feature, it's possible to fake it
using expect. Write an expect script like this:

#!/usr/local/bin/expect --
log_file -noappend /tmp/log
# could be a long wait
set timeout -1
spawn lynx http://www.some.where.edu/compiled/your_dos_prog.exe
expect "D)ownload or C)ancel"
send "d"
expect "Save to local file"
send "\n"
expect "filename:"
send "\n"
expect "Saved."
send "q"
expect "Really Quit?"
send "y"

Of course, youll have to change the "prompts" in the script to match
what you actually see when you walk through it yourself.

If expect isn't on your system already, you can get it by following the
instructions at the end of this message.

Ed

--

"Being on time is like being on fire."

--------------------
How to Get the Latest Version of Expect or the Readings
--------------------

Expect may be ftp'd as pub/expect/expect.tar.Z from ftp.cme.nist.gov.

contents of the message should be (no subject line) "send
pub/expect/expect.tar.Z". (Development versions of Expect may
occasionally be made available as alpha.tar.Z in the same directory.)

The usual way of using Expect is as a standalone program with Tcl as
the control language. Since you may already have Tcl, it is available
separately. Tcl may be retrieved as pub/expect/tcl.tar.Z in the same
way as described above for Expect. When new releases of Tcl appear, I
will try to check them out for Expect as soon as possible. If you
would like to get the newest Tcl release without waiting, ftp it from
ftp.smli.com (directory pub/tcl).

Expect may also be built using the Tk library, a Tcl interface to the
X Window System. Tk is available in the same way as Tcl.

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