Re: lynx-dev Lynx on Openvms question

[mattack]

On Tue, 27 Apr 1999, Sini Srinivasan wrote:
>1.     Would like to run LYNX without a Phsycial terminal. That is
>not as interactive process.
>       We want to run LYNX as either a Batch process or detached
>process.
>
>       The idea is for a VMS system at scheduled intervals connect to
>a WEB server (non-VMS) with some arguments. 
>
>       Depending on the URL and arguments appropriate actions such a
>sending mail will take place on the WEB server.

I know nothing about VMS, but you can access web pages through an automated
process through something like this:

lynx -dump URLHERE

for example, I have a cron entry on UNIX that, every day, does

/usr/local/bin/lynx -nolist -dump http://us.imdb.com/StudioBrief |
mail address@hidden

So that I get a web-based daily 'newsletter' emailed to me instead.


It sounds like you want to actually interact with the web pages 
programmatically.  That sounds like it is a job for Perl scripts using
the freely available WWW libraries.


>2.     Can we similarly do FTP from LYNX without a terminal - ie. in
>batch or as  detached process.

You can do this with other tools, I believe with ncftp.