There are some freeware things that do it.  One of the best solutions I've
seen involve the use of TCL and Expect.  http://expect.nist.gov/

Charles Finley
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jim Chance" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Friday, November 09, 2001 12:36 PM
Subject: UNIX connect to HP3k, check for file existence, if exists loop;
else continue


> Does anyone know how to:
>
> connect to an HP3k from a UNIX shell script
>
> that would then check for the existence of a file on the HP
> (trigger file)
>
> and if it exists, loop
>
> else if it doesn't - continue on to the following shell
> commands.
>
> Thank you for reading my question.
>
> Regards, Jim.
>
> P.S. Can't telnet within my SCO UNIX shell and FTP doesn't
> seem to sophisticated enough to IF LOOP ELSE based on ls or
> listf results.
>
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