Unless restrictions have been set somewhere on your copy, you can go to .. and be at the root directory, assuming that Lynx is in a top-level directory. Things get more interesting when you try to go to a different drive, but this is also possible. When you find a useful file, use Lynx to bookmark it.
On Wed, 27 Mar 2002 21:59:34 -0500, Al Gilman wrote: >The simplest escape to the local file system is g)o and for the URL to go to just >type a full stop. That's right '.' full stop. And carriage return. You should get >a directory listing for whatever works out to be your lynx home directory. From >there you can navigate up and down the file system. I do find I can't access the >root directory for the disk volume, though. This is with > >Lynx 2.8.2rel.1 (01 Jun 1999) > >So use the capital-G 'G' to pre-load the goTo URL with the current >file://localhost/c:/etc/ and edit from there to get across to another major branch of >the file system folder tree. Use what Windows calls "DOS names" as in mydocu~1 for >"My Documents" etc. These are 8 characters long ending in ~<digit, ususally 1>. So >six character of the agglutenated form of the file folder name and ~1 and away you go. > >Al > > >At 07:21 AM 2002-03-27 , Webmaster Jim wrote: >>On Wed, Mar 27, 2002 at 12:53:21AM -0000, Chris Thomas wrote: >>> Dear James >>> >>> I am in the throes of setting up a home page which I would like to be >>> accessible and found a reference to your Lynx browser at the RNIB site. >>> >>> I've downloaded lynx 2.8.4 P5 successsfully and got it running so that >>> it accesses the web and it is already very useful. >>> >>> However, I am having no luck accessing sites on my own PC (Windows 98) >>> using the instructions in the help document - lynx just does not seem >>> to be able to access my local page index.htm in its directory whereas >>> internet explorer, netscape and opera can. >>> >>> Can you or your collegues provide a computer moron a simple >>> instruction to try so that I can a) start lynx without accessing the >>> internet if need be and b)then simply type in my local file name to >>> load? I presume I need to modify the lynx.cfg file but definitely need >>> expert help. >>> >>> I would be exceedingly grateful! >>> Best wishes >>> Chris http://homepages.tesco.net/~Chris.Jrthomas/ >>> Dr Chris Thomas, Cambridge UK >> >>Chris -- >> >> You should be able to do this in a DOS window: >> >>LYNX . >> >>--or-- >> >>LYNX C:\ >> >> The following is likely to work, but hard to type: >> >>LYNX file://localhost/c: >> >> No lynx.cfg modification required! >> >>/jim Braille is the solution to the digital divide. Lloyd Rasmussen, Kensington, Maryland home: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <http://lras.home.sprynet.com/> Work: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <http://www.loc.gov/nls/> ; To UNSUBSCRIBE: Send "unsubscribe lynx-dev" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
