Re: [rock-user] Lynx ...

Stefan Fiedler <[email protected]> Wed, 29 Nov 2006 17:12:02 +0100
Newsgroups gmane.linux.distributions.rock.user
Message-ID <[email protected]>
Am Mittwoch, 29. November 2006 08:40 schrieb philippe florent:
> Hi there,
>
> lynx cannot read local html files?
> does it absolutely need a connection to a web server ?
> no matter i do lynx or lynx localhost, lynx 127.0.0.1, lynx 192.168.0.1, it
> won't start saying it cannot find a web server
> thought it was more like ie (text mode)
>
> regs
> Phil

Hi Phil,

you're trying to access a (non-existent?) web server on your local machine. 
For that to work you'd have to setup a web server like apache first.
For reading local files wih lynx, simply use 'lynx /path/to/file'.

Regards,
	Stefan Fiedler