Re: [Lynx-dev] Startfile page not available

[Stef Caunter]

Best to use a local file.

There is a compile option for this (put it into userdefs.h).

If you can add an argument to lynx, say lynx . or lynx ./file to avoid startup 
failure.

Stef

On Fri, 12 Aug 2005, Small, Gene wrote:

> I know the Lynx documentation says that Lynx will refuse to start if the 
> specified startfile is not available. But, is there a easy way to override or 
> control/change this behavior? In my case I am running Lynx in an embedded 
> environment and it is occasionally the case that the server is not accessible. 
> After Lynx has started this does not seem to be a problem - I think it gives an 
> error in the status line and the last page is re-displayed. But, at startup 
> Lynx just exits if it can't find the page and since Lynx is running as a system 
> process it is rather hard to recover for this.
>
> Thanks in advance,
> Gene Small
>
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