hugh@slee01.srl.ford.com (Hugh Fader) (10/02/90)
I need to duplicate UNIX-to-UNIX rsh functionality going UNIX-to-VMS. I am running a Sun Sparcstation and can communicate with the VAX using telnet and ftp via an ULTRIX gateway (the VAX only runs DECNET). One solution to my problem would be a telnet-like program which accepts a script containing expect/send pairs much like UUCP and some PC communications programs. Does such a program exist? I would also appreciate any suggestions of alternate solutions. Thanks in advance. -- Hugh Fader hugh@slee01.srl.ford.com
emv@math.lsa.umich.edu (Edward Vielmetti) (10/07/90)
In article <26797@fmsrl7.UUCP> hugh@slee01.srl.ford.com (Hugh Fader) writes:
I need to duplicate UNIX-to-UNIX rsh functionality going UNIX-to-VMS.
I am running a Sun Sparcstation and can communicate with the VAX using
telnet and ftp via an ULTRIX gateway (the VAX only runs DECNET). One
solution to my problem would be a telnet-like program which accepts a
script containing expect/send pairs much like UUCP and some PC
communications programs. Does such a program exist?
See "expect" from Don Libes, ftp'able from durer.cme.nist.gov. An extract
from the man page:
expect is a program that "talks" to other interactive pro-
grams according to a script. Following the script, expect
knows what can be expected from a program and what the
correct response should be. An interpreted language pro-
vides branching and high-level control structures to direct
the dialogue. In addition, the user can take control and
interact directly when desired, afterward returning control
to the script.
Since this is a program which isn't necessarily related to tcp/ip, please
follow up to comp.unix.misc.
--Ed
Edward Vielmetti, U of Michigan math dept <emv@math.lsa.umich.edu>
moderator, comp.archives