Re: Interactive external program execution

Hello Paul, (P == "Paul") paul@page87.com discovered: P> During the course of a cronjob scheduled script, I need to execute an P> external program which connects to another server using an P> implementation of eftp (sort of ftp for ISDN). The eftp program returns P> no success/error codes, is moderately unstable, and the remote P> server/network is often unavailable - thus blind automation is out of P> the question. On a good day, however, it all works and data/info is P> sent to STDOUT. P> My problem is this: how to make my script interact with the eftp P> program? I need to start it, check for a successful connection, move P> files around locally, upload/download files, send emails, log data, etc, P> etc, depending on which commands were successful and which were not. IMVHO, that sounds like a lot to ask. On the surface, it sounds like a job for expect. http://expect.nist.gov/ -Brian -- Everyone who believes in telekinesis, raise my hands.