> If you need something that's typically interactive to run automatically > and unattended, then Expect is often a good solution.
There is also a perl-Expect module; so you don't *have* to learn another scripting language, just wrap it up in perl. http://search.cpan.org/~rgiersig/Expect/ +------------------------------------------+ Michael Hurley Webmaster/System Administrator University of Connecticut School of Law +------------------------------------------+
