[ale] Scripted Telnet Sessions

[Arnold D. Robbins]

> I need to have a telnet session scripted.  The idea is to get input from =
> the user via  a web page do some error correcting and then put the data =
> into a canned accounting system.  My only choices are either using a =
> scripted telnet session to simulate the keystroks of a human hand or to =
> use a program like procom plus and open up a serial connection between =
> the two machines.  I was told that TCL would do this but after looking =
> arround I've found nothing to support this claim.  Any one got any =
> ideas.

You want "expect", which is written in TCL. There's even an O'Reilly
book available on using expect.

Arnold Robbins		InfoGraphix (Star Imaging LLC, dba)
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