George Vieira wrote:
>
> OK, maybe not using the HTML file but can the previously mentioned command
> syntax be used to pass data to a http://www.blah.blah.com/givemedata.cgi
> site?
>
> I have a windows machine with a page that we need to pass data to it and
> submit the form. I was hoping that the linux box can do it via lynx as I've
> seen it done before but can't remember how it was done.
You can do it with wget.
# wget
http://www.blah.blah.com/givemedata.cgi?field1=something&field2=other+thing
However, I think wget saves the page received using
"givemedata.cgi?field1=something&field2=other+thing" as the name. Maybe
there's a switch you can use to get around that?
Matthew
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