[NTLUG:Discuss] Automating Lynx

[Kenneth Loafman]

Chris Cox wrote:
> 
> Kenneth Loafman wrote:
> 
> > It appears that one should be able to automate lynx with popen3(),
> > however, lynx seems to want to go directly to the console rather than
> > stdin.  I seem to remember a mechanism to fool it, but its been a long
> > time sine then, so I'm asking anyone here...  Is it possible to script
> > lynx?
> 
> I guess there could be a reson to do this.... I would use Tcl expect.
> http://expect.nist.gov/
> 
> However... it all depends on what needs to be done... for many tasks,
> wget may be sufficient.
> 
> I'm curious... what exactly are you trying to do?

Automate reporting of spam via SpamCop.  Once I've determined its spam,
SpamCop does not allow me to fire and forget.  It still wants a
multistep review process.  For me, that's strictly a robotic exercise,
so what's the best robot, a computer.  Lynx looked like the simplest
solution.

...Ken