Here is an example: lynx -dump -auth=user:pass -cookie_save_file=foo -post_data http://foo.ca/cgi-bin/mail.pl < my_data > lynx.save
which does: -dump: exit after the one operation -auth: provide colon-separated username and password -cookie_save_file: specifies file in which cookies get saved; file will be populated with existing cookies from location specified in lynx.cfg so you might want to change that if you just need the one from the single transaction -post_data: file location read as STDIN containing name=value&foo=bar strings or whatever you want to POST follow this construction with the URL, and redirect STDIN and optionally STDOUT. __Stef (tested on)... http://caunter.ca/contact.html On Fri, 14 May 2004 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > please send questions to the Lynx mailing-list, > to which i have forwarded this. > > > I noticed the option -post_data > > which looks like it will be really helpful to a project of mine. > > I'm trying to submit a login and password to a form > > and I'd like to do it from the command line and use the resultant cookie. > > However, I don't quite understand the usage. Could you elaborate please? > > -- > ========================,,============================================ > SUPPORT ___________//___, Philip Webb : [EMAIL PROTECTED] > ELECTRIC /] [] [] [] [] []| Centre for Urban & Community Studies > TRANSIT `-O----------O---' University of Toronto > > > _______________________________________________ > Lynx-dev mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lynx-dev > _______________________________________________ Lynx-dev mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lynx-dev
