automating lynx

[Joe Mc Cool <joe@benburb.demon.co.uk>]

Please,

I am trying to get create a cron job that will go fetch a doc file
from a particular web site.

I had hoped to run:

	lynx -cmd_log my_script http://www.siteiwant.com

navigate (entering passwords etc) to the file I want and fetch it.

Then I would:

	lynx -cmd_script my_script http://www.siteiwant.com

But after logging in lynx presents me with a blank screen, not the
navigational links I would normally see using, say, firefox.  So, I
cannot record (using -cmd_log) the keystrokes necessary.

Any hints how I can proceed, or should I be considering an automation
of firefox or mozilla, or a perl script or what ?

I realise that lynx is a text-only script.


Thanks

Joe Mc Cool