William M West wrote: > > definitions:: 'cuecat' is a barcode reader > 'expect' is a scripting language that lets you > automate > actions with interactive programs such as > 'ftp' > or 'telnet'. > > what i am trying to do:: > > 1 translate cuecat data(done via larry wall's perl script- don't > have URL). > 2 write data to an interactive program. > > > this last is giving me fits. possible ways:: > > write data to file. slurp up file with an expect script. this > script needs to be constantly running- logging in to the > system i use is a pain otherwise. i do not yet know how > to slurp the data with expect. > > pipe or write data to said expect script directly from the perl > script instead of writing the data first to a file. i do not know > how to do that kind of inter-process communication. > > use the (an?) expect module for perl- i know of one, > but the syntax looks darn right scary to me and i already > have a sense of expect- so i'd rather not learn the perl > version :P. However, learning the perl version removes > the need for inter-process communications. as long as i can > preprocess the keyboard (or cuecat) input, then send it to the > interactive program (telnet session) i should be fine. > > > the questions are:: > > > 1) has anyone had experience with this kind of project? > 2) which of the above would be the most likely path for > me to follow? > 3) any alternate methods?
Is there any separate reason to use 'expect' Perl will happily talk telnet and ftp on its own. Rob -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <http://learn.perl.org/> <http://learn.perl.org/first-response>
