Re: chat script & ppp

["Kevin D. Colby" <kevin marcal com>]

Blomgren Mike wrote:
> 
> > /usr/sbin/chat -v -t 45 "" ATZ OK ATDT<phone-number> \
> >        CONNECT "" ername: <my login name> ssword: <my password>
> > ervice> ppp
> >
> > My problem is the prompt for service is a  ">" not a ":"
> > How can I get it to take the character ">" and not think its a
> > redirection?
> >
>         [Mike's comment]  Wouldn't it suffice to look for 'ervice',
> without the '>' , prior to transmitting 'ppp'?

While this would probably work, it isn't a good idea.
The server could have input turned off until the prompt is complete
and then dump the buffer.  In that case, a 'p' or two may be lost
sporadically--very hard to track down and rather unreliable.
While I doubt the server would do so at that point, some
servers _do_ do that for login/password.  The true solution isn't
that complex, so I don't see any reason to push your luck.

	- Kevin Colby
	  kevin marcal com

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