>Hello all!
>
>We're trying to have a POSIX shell script, or a job of some kind, use 5.0's
>generic telnet to go over to a unix machine and execute a Perl/Shell/? script
>over there.  We've tried multiple ways of redirecting STDIN.  Each time, it
>connects fine, but it waits for someone to input the user name and
>password.  If
>that's to be run automatically, that won't do.  We've tried running telnet
>through
>a job stream, and it flat out told us that you can't run telnet in batch mode.
>
>Is there something that I'm missing? (sample below)
>
>TIA
>
>- Randy Smith
>Hoechst Celanese - Shelby Plant
>
<snip>
 
Randy,
 
As other gentle listers have pointed it out, the Telnet client won't accept
input redirection nor batch mode. You still have two options, as a
workaround:
 
1) Run a terminal emulator script on a PC, or
 
2) Write a command file that loads the desired commands in one or more
terminal function keys, then issues the escape sequence that triggers the
corresponding function key(s)
 
Both these options need a "live" connection on a terminal or PC.
 
FWIW
 
 
Regards,
 
Roger Costandi
Systems Engineer, R&D
Mighty Keys (France)