Re: telnet login script from W2K to unix box

...run a few commands at the command line (change shell, setenv etc)and then continue working on the unix box. How do I break out of the script on the remote machine?

Your Net::Telnet script is seen by your host as a single telnet access to it. When the script ends, the network connection is close and the host session is lost (login shell terminated).

The first solution I see is to drive a real telnet client, feeding it with your commands from a script.
Depending on the Perl distrib you have, you may also use Expect.
You may even write your own terminal emulator, replacing the sleep 2; pause with a (quasi-)infinite loop waiting for an input, sending it and displaying the output back to you.

You might also have other solutions involving a specific configuration of the pseudo-terminals of your destination host, but they are beyond my knowledge of the Unix system.

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HTH, Dominique
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Re^2: telnet login script from W2K to unix box by paddyo (Initiate) on Jul 29, 2004 at 14:29 UTC
I didn't think there was an Expect Module for windows?????	[reply]
Re^3: telnet login script from W2K to unix box by dfaure (Chaplain) on Jul 30, 2004 at 07:16 UTC
According to pod, it "runs" on the perl's cygwin distribution which provides terminal emulation à la Unix. Anyway, using PuTTY and Win32::GuiTest you may be able to drive your telnet session as you like. ____ HTH, Dominique My two favorites: If the only tool you have is a hammer, you will see every problem as a nail. --Abraham Maslow Bien faire, et le faire savoir...	[reply]