Lynx does not displease me at all. However, when I give it a URL (from
the command line) that points straight to a jpg file, it complains
lynx: Start file could not be found or is not text/html or text/plain
Exiting...
(unless I'm doing something wrong - and that wouldn't surprise me).
wget works quite well for what I'm trying to do.
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> I don't know how lynx displeases you - you can give -source and a URL on
> the command line and direct stdout, but maybe wget is what you want.
> It does http as well as ftp, and can recurse if you want it to.
>
> On Wed, 31 May 2000, Jim Reimer wrote:
>
> > Now I need a "scriptable" method of downloading images from a
> > web server. Lynx doesn't seem to be the answer, and I don't
> > know what else to try.
> >
> > (Images involved are satellite and RADAR pictures. Can't find
> > them on an ftp server anywhere - just on web servers.)
> >
> > Any suggestions?
> >
> > --
> > Regards,
> > Jim Reimer - WA5RRH
> > [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > http://www.webzone.net/jdreimer
>
> Lawson
> ---cut here
>
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