lynx-dev lynx question/batch mode

[Cynthia Griffiths (516)233-6839]

Good afternoon;

I am using Lynx 2.4-FM on an digital alpha running VMS. 
I am attempting to use lynx in batch mode.  I have followed an example
that I saw on the lynx web site:

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lynx -get_data < get.parms http://www.metacrawler.com/crawler > get.result

The file get.parms in this case contains all the 
parameters URLencoded on one line and
the terminating triple-hyphen on a following line:

general=Lynx+Links&method=2&format=1&region=0&rpp=20&timeout  =15&hpe=10
---
*******************************************


I have tried the following:
lynx 196.3.23.35.218/ddbmail/dtmalert.pl
q
y

and also I have tried:
lynx 196.3.23.35.218/ddbmail/dtmalert.pl
---

Would you be able to point out what am doing incorrectly??
The above does not run in "batch" mode, it waits for a q to quit!

Thanks so much for any assistance
Cindi

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