Whilst Net::Telnet is a groovy thing, Telnet isn't as secure as ssh. I haven't had any use of the Net::SSH stuff out there, but perhaps it would be a consideration,
Regards Marty ----- Original Message ----- From: "Peter Eisengrein" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "'Poon, Kelvin (Infomart)'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, January 21, 2003 6:46 PM Subject: RE: [Perl-unix-users] Perl and UNix > http://www.cpan.org > http://search.cpan.org > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Poon, Kelvin (Infomart) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Tuesday, January 21, 2003 9:39 AM > To: 'Thomas_M' > Cc: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' > Subject: RE: [Perl-unix-users] Perl and UNix > > > Thanks a lot for all anyone who replied, thanks > > I had been reading what you guys contribute and I think Net::Telnet will be > a good way I might try that. I was trying to find the cpan site to download > that module...but can't find that site, can anyone give me more information > about that? thanks > > Kelvin > > -----Original Message----- > From: Thomas_M [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: January 21, 2003 8:16 AM > To: 'Poon, Kelvin (Infomart)'; > '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' > Subject: RE: [Perl-unix-users] Perl and UNix > > > Poon, Kelvin wrote: > > Ok, I need a perl script that opens/access a file on a Unix > > system (RS6000/AIX to be specific). Well, you would think > > this is a beginner problem, and yes it would be if I told you > > ur perl script is on the unix system itself. BUt the problem > > is my perl script has to be outside of that system. So which > > means, my perl script is going to be placed on my PC and I > > need that perl script to access the Unix machine and then > > gets the files out from it. > > There are many ways to do it. Leave perl aside for a moment and ask yourself > how you would get that file from the unix system now. Would you telnet into > the box and 'cat' it? Would you connect with an FTP program and transfer it? > Do you have the ability to set up the unix box as a Windows file server > using Samba? > > If you can FTP, use Net::FTP. If you need to telnet, use Net::Telnet. If you > can set it up as a Samba file server, you need not do anything special on > the Windows side. > > > It is a text file I need to get and it is used in my CGI program. > > This adds a performance consideration. Can your CGI program run on the unix > machine? That would be ideal. Otherwise, use caching. Make sure you don't > unnecessarily transfer the file on each CGI request. You can do this a > number of ways. Why not let the program that updates the file also transfer > it to your web server? If that is not possible, perhaps you can write a cron > job (aka Scheduled Task) that pushes the file to your web server every X > minutes. If you are constrained to using perl on the Windows system only, > you could set up a scheduled task that fetches the file every X minutes > using one of the techniques above. If none of the above is possible, you can > do the caching in your CGI program: use the local file if it is less than X > minutes old, otherwise retransfer it. > > Hope this helps, > > - Mark. > > -- > Mark Thomas [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Internet Systems Architect User Technology Associates, Inc. > > $_=q;KvtuyboopuifeyQQfeemyibdlfee;; y.e.s. ;y+B-x+A-w+s; ;y;y; ;;print;; > > _______________________________________________ > Perl-Unix-Users mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To unsubscribe: http://listserv.ActiveState.com/mailman/mysubs > _______________________________________________ > Perl-Unix-Users mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To unsubscribe: http://listserv.ActiveState.com/mailman/mysubs > _______________________________________________ Perl-Unix-Users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe: http://listserv.ActiveState.com/mailman/mysubs
