help with "lynx" command...

DoME69 · 06-16-2009, 05:15 AM

Hi...

i need to get some http by using lynx command

cmd: lynx -minimal -source "https://ccm-pub.il.xxxxx.com:8444/webdialer/Webdialer?destination=123456789"

and i got this message:

"Alert!: This client does not contain support for HTTPS URLs.

lynx: Can't access startfile https://ccm-pub.il.xxxxx.com:8444/webdialer/Webdialer?destination=123456789"

there is any way to get this site by lynx ?

Thanks.

David1357 · 06-16-2009, 07:24 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by DoME69

"Alert!: This client does not contain support for HTTPS URLs.

My guess is that you have a version of lynx compiled without SSL support.

DoME69 · 06-16-2009, 07:28 AM

there is another way to load this site?

Su-Shee · 06-16-2009, 07:32 AM

Yes, with a SSL-supporting lynx. Yours seem to lack ssl-support.

DoME69 · 06-16-2009, 07:40 AM

how can i config the SSL?

(this is work computer i cant do what ever i want)

grepmasterd · 06-16-2009, 07:48 AM

lynx has lousy ssl support. you can try this : http://www.freshports.org/www/lynx-ssl/

but if all you want to do is fetch html source then consider wget

wget "https://ccm-pub.il.xxxxx.com:8444/webdialer/Webdialer?destination=123456789" -O mypage.html

DoME69 · 06-16-2009, 09:31 AM

what is the file mypage.html ?

grepmasterd · 06-16-2009, 09:38 AM

the output (saved) file. name it whatever you want.

DoME69 · 06-17-2009, 01:26 AM

This is not good for me.

i dont want it to write it to file
i want it to load the site.

giftlftr_23 · 06-17-2009, 06:46 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by DoME69

This is not good for me.

i dont want it to write it to file
i want it to load the site.

What do you mean by "load the site"?
You could download the html first then load it by opening it as a file.

DoME69 · 06-17-2009, 09:08 AM

this web is at my company.
after loading this site it call to my cell phone

that why i need lynx to load this file and not output data to file.

grepmasterd · 06-17-2009, 12:16 PM

there is little that 'lynx' can do that 'wget' cannot also do. 'curl' is also a useful utility. however, you are not clear about your needs. From your original post:

Code:

lynx -minimal -source "$URL"

all this does is to dump the source to stdout (on your screen). To mimic this with 'wget' or 'curl' :

Code:

# use '-' to write to stdout
wget -q "$URL" -O -

or

Code:

# writes to stdout by default
curl "$URL"

you will get the same result with any of these commands, and wget and curl have much better support for SSL. If this does not address your needs then be more clear with what you are trying to do.