Some startup Switches available
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USAGE: C:\DIALNET\BOBCAT\LYNX.EXE [options] [file]
or
LYNX [options] [file]
Options are as follows:
GENERAL STARTUP OPTIONS AND ACTIONS
-cache=NUMBER NUMBER of documents cached in memory. (default is 3
-cfg=FILENAME specifies a lynx.cfg file other than the default.
-display=DISPLAY set the display variable for X execed programs
-dump dump the first file to stdout and exit
-error_file=file write the HTTP status code here
-force_html forces the first document to be interpreted as HTML
-help print this usage message
-homepage=URL set homepage separate from start page
-index=URL set the default index file to URL
-mime_header Show full mime header
-noredir Don't follow Location: redirection
-nostatus disable the miscellaneous information messages
-post_data User data for post forms, read from stdin,
terminated by '---' on a line
-source dump the source of the first file to stdout and exit
-term=TERM set terminal type to TERM
-version print Lynx version information
FUNCIONALITY AND ACCESS RESTRICTION OPTIONS
-anonymous used to specify the anonymous account
-ftp disable ftp access
-localhost disable URLs that point to remote hosts
-nobrowse disable directory browsing
-noprint disable print functions
-print enable print functions (DEFAULT)
-restrictions=[options] use -restrictions to see list
-rlogin disable rlogins
-selective require .www_browsable files to browse directories
-telnet disable telnets
DOCUMENT RETRIEVAL AND PARSING OPTIONS
-auth=id:pw authentication information for protected forms
-get_data User data for get forms, read from stdin,
terminated by '---' on a line
-image_links toggle selectable images
MISCELLANEOUS USER INTERFACE OPTIONS
-case enable case sensitive user searching
-editor=EDITOR enable edit mode with specified editor
-emacskeys enable emacs-like key movement
-fileversions include all versions of files in local VMS directory
listings
-show_cursor don't hide the curser in the lower right corner
-vikeys enable vi-like key movement
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