Running Lynx in a Batch File?

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I’m trying to run Lynx in a batch file and I’m able to do it given the batch file itself is in the same directory as Lynx is, however, I want to be able to run the batch file in a different directory and doing so has been problematic…

Here’s the code I have in my batch file:

lynx -source http://website.com/page.php

In order to run this puppy outside of the Lynx directory, do I have to create an Environment variable or a System variable on an XP machine?

Any insight into this is appreciated.

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How about specifying the full path to lynx?

c:\some\path\lynx.exe -source …

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Thanks for the suggestion, Dan, but that doesn’t seem to work either. When I try it, it looks like it tries to run but immediately terminates with the following message:

The configuration file ./lynx.cfg is not available.

Seems to me that the executable (or attributing files therein) have been hard-coded somehow to cause this.

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In that case, adding Lynx’s directory to your PATH is probably the thing to do next. It’s under system variables and will already exist, you just add a semicolon and the new directory to the end of the current value.

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Tried it with both the Environment and System using the Variable Name of “lynx” and the Variable Value of the following:

C:\…\directory_where_lynx_is

C:\…\directory_where_lynx_is\

C:\…\directory_where_lynx_is\lynx.exe

None of the above worked. The copy of Lynx that I have can be found here. (It’s the old & stable version.) It’s also a stand alone version… Would this have anything to do with any of this?

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The variable is PATH, it already exists, don’t create your own

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I didn’t, I tried to create one called “lynx” and then I tried to temporarily extend %path% by using "set “path=C:\way\ o\lynx;%path%”.

(I also posted about this on here.)

Nothing seems to work. When I try these approaches, it keeps giving me the “Configuration file ./lynx.cfg is not available” message…

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Hey Dan, a guy on that other forum found a directory where there was a sample batch file. This directory is in the Lynx folder (ironically) and has the code I needed–just had to open up the sample batch file in the text editor to see it. Thanks again for your help, though.

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Just for helping other users, all what they must doing is to add next lines of code just before calls to lynx.exe
@echo off
SET PATH=%PATH%; [path to lynx folder]
SET lynx_cfg=[path to lynx folder]\lynx.cfg
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