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Re: lynx-dev lynx question/batch mode
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dickey |
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Re: lynx-dev lynx question/batch mode |
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Tue, 4 May 1999 10:21:16 -0400 (EDT) |
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> On Mon, 3 May 1999, Cynthia Griffiths (516)233-6839 wrote:
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> > Good afternoon;
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> > 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
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> Does input/output redirection with '<' and '>' really work on VMS
Not exactly. You redirect on VMS by reassigning the device that
corresponds to standard in/out. But there are shells that run on VMS
(such as the "POSIX" shell - but that is no longer supported).
> Klaus
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