Re^2: Net::Telnet: remote job completion

Assuming I go with the waitfor() option, do I still have to pass $telnet->cmd("\cC") to force Ctrl-C on my tail command after each job? Have no way of testing it right now but I would assume so if I'm to get the prompt again.

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Re^3: Net::Telnet: remote job completion by Eliya (Vicar) on Feb 28, 2012 at 14:04 UTC
Yes. In order to try, I installed `telnetd` in a sandbox, and it seems to work fine (i.e. `->cmd("\cC")` actually does get a SIGINT being delivered to the `tail -f`). `... $telnet->print("/path/to/script") or die $telnet->errmsg; $telnet->print("tail -f /tmp/testxxx") or die $telnet->errmsg; $telnet->waitfor('/FINISHED/'); $telnet->cmd("\cC") or die $telnet->errmsg; ... (run next script)` [download] where `script` goes in the background and writes a few lines to `/tmp/testxxx`, with the last line being "FINISHED".	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re^4: Net::Telnet: remote job completion by maskull (Novice) on Feb 29, 2012 at 13:41 UTC
Thanks! I'll go with this solution. The only problem I found is my timeout in `waitfor()` as the jobs can run for quite a while. I'll have to adjust for that.	[reply] [d/l]