Re: scripting question

Matt Gross wrote:
>
> My problem is that the only way that I can connect to the machine that has
> the data is through telnet. I highly doubt that the Unix admin for that
> machine will want to grant me auto-login access. Does this bring me back to
> using expect?

  Expect will automate the telnet session. IOW, it will send a command (like telnet remote.host.com), wait for a response, (like username:) send the appropriate response, wait for a prompt, and so on throughout the entire session.

  Cron will tell your expect script what time to execute.

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