Re: script problem

[Cameron Simpson <cs zip com au>]

| At a telnet prompt can type with session open on the correct port.
| GET /login.html

This should really be

	GET /login.html HTTP/1.0

with a blank line below it. I'd start by actually reading the HTTP spec.

| The web server gets my HTML page.    I am having trouble with automation f a
| script.
| 
| I have tried server methods:
| 1.  telnet server_name 80 <filename         The file contains the GET command.
| (redirection)

Make sure it's spelt correctly. Your example is not.

| 2. cat filename | telnet server_name 80    A simple pipe
| 
| I have looked a several "script" book with not luck...

Try the "nc" command. Maybe telnet is closing both sides of the connection
when it sees EOF from the input.
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