James Wilkinson writes:
>
> I want to write a command file that will telnet to a Unix server and then
> run a script.  I can't figure out how, though.  I tried building a file of
> commands and running Telnet with the file as stdin.  This worked until the
> connection to the remote machine was made.  No input from stdin is read
> again until the connection ends.
>
> How can I automate things after that point?  Any help would be appreciated.

If you're on 5.5, then Perl/iX is well suited to this kind of work.  You can
use Perl to manually make a TCP connection to the Unix server's port 23
(telnet), or you can use the Comm.pl CPAN module for a more automated "if login:
prompt then send password" kind of solution.

http://www.cccd.edu/~markb/perlix.html
http://www.perl.com/CPAN-local/modules/by-module/Comm.pl/ERICA/

You will not be using telnet.arpa.sys at all.
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