blair@obdient.UUCP (Doug Blair) (02/11/88)
Greetings Netlanders: My apologies if you've seen this one before - a similar inquiry was sent to comp.unix.questions a week or two back and the responses have not been as helpful as I had hoped. I have been given the task of setting up a system which will automatically 1 - call our local Tymnet dialup 2 - log on to The Source 3 - instruct The Source to transmit a specific datafile 4 - capture the datafile into a unix file 5 - log off Tymnet (we're not made of money) 6 - send the data file to several users via email 7 - send the data file to a remote printer reached via dialup This will probably involve a shell script starting cu and reading cu's output (to receive various prompts) and echoing things back to the transmit side of the cu process (to send passwords etc). I had hoped to set this up using the "chat scripts" in the /usr/lib/uucp/Systems (Yes, we have HDB) file but of course those only seem to work in conjunction with uucico - and Tymnet and The Source don't act like unix machines. No, we don't have the src files, just Microport SysV/386 on an 80386 clone. I'd prefer to write this locally unless you've found a communications language/program that'll do just this - in which case we have a modest budget available. Any suggestions or hints you have along this line will be GREATLY appreciated. PLEASE RESPOND BY EMAIL - I'll post a summary of responses THAT WORK :-) to this group. Thanks! Doug Blair =============================================================================== | Doug Blair ... ihnp4!laidbak!obdient!blair | | "I'm not a Consultant, but I play one on TV." | | Obedient Software Corporation, 1007 Naperville Road, Wheaton, IL 60187 | ===============================================================================