in reply to Seeking Help w/ Expect.pm...

I've never used Expect.pm, but I have used expect. I've taken a brief perusal of the Expect.pm documentation, but keep in mind this is the first time I've actually written code for it. I notice that the documentation does not have a send() function, only a send_slow(), which seems a bit odd, so there may be another preferred way of sending data with Expect.pm without a pause between characters, but I'm going to use send_slow().

$expectobj = Expect->spawn('telnet', $cisco_hostname) $expectobj->expect($timeout, 'ogin:'); #the above line assumes the router will give you a login #prompt which ends in 'ogin:', you may need to modify it #to fit your needs $expectobj->send_slow(0, $login_name, "\r\n"); $expectobj->expect($timeout, 'ord:'); $expectobj->send_slow(0, $password, "\r\n"); $expectobj->expect($timeout, $shell_prompt); #$shell_prompt should be something like '$' or '#' or whatever #let's you know that you can start typing commands $expectobj->send_slow(0, "copy startup-config tftp\r\n"); sleep(1); #just to make sure the previous command has been processed $expectobj->send_slow(0, $remainder_of_data_to_send);
That's it, you should get the idea from there. The documentation for expect should help you understand the Expect.pm documentation as most Expect.pm functions have an expect function of the same name.

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Re: Re: Seeking Help w/ Expect.pm...
by kendroid (Beadle) on Apr 20, 2001 at 20:59 UTC
    Thanks nardo -- I was anxious to use the Net::Telnet::Cisco module (I'm relatively new to Perl, so I'm always anxious to learn new modules), but anything that gets the task done is a Good Thing. :)

    Kendrick.