3-Apr-2000 19:03 Jerry L. Kazdan wrote:
> Because of some changes the New York Times made to their website, when
> I attempt something like
> lynx -source -auth=Userid:Passwd@http://www.nytimes.com/... > MyFile
This is not a right way of using -auth as far as I can see, try this:
lynx -source -auth=Userid:Passwd http://www.nytimes.com/... > MyFile
> I am again asked for my userid and passwd. Since this is part of an
> automated script, the program gets hung.
> Based on many experiments I have done to untangle this, it seems
> (likely) that
> linux -source <ComplicatedTargetURL>
> somehow informs the TargetURL that this is not being sent to the
> screen. I base this on the fact that without the "-source" the command
> lynx <ComplicatedTargetURL>
> with the identical ComplicatedTargetURL works perfectly.
==>> Thus my question: do you have any suggestions how to modify the source
> code so that the TargetURL is not informed of the "-source" on the
> command line?
> Thanks,
> Jerry
