[Perl-unix-users] FTP from a telnet session

I had recently asked for help on telneting from one unix box to another. With your help; I'm pleased to say I can now telnet from solaris to an AIX machine. I've also learned that the backslash does not work (in this case) to tell perl that the ! is not a special character. I had to concatenate

RE: [Perl-unix-users] Login Security

on the program line $t= new Net::Telnet (Timeout=>10; Prompt => '/bash\$ $/'); What is the Prompt portion mean? I think it's saying look for a bash$ prompt minus the $. I don't know. Please explain. Also, how would I set up the Prompt command to have the system look for the prompt ftp> My o

[Perl-unix-users] Net::Telnet

I'm trying to set up Net::Telnet so I may or may not have done it correctly. It also gave an example program that I tried, but I got an error. Example program: use Net::Telnet (); $t = new Net::Telnet (Timeout => 10, Prompt => '/bash\$ $/'); $t->open ("sparky"); $t->login($username, $passwd); @

[Perl-unix-users] telnet using perl

I'm trying to telnet from a solaris 2.7 machine to an AIX 4.3 machine. I am using a perl program to do this. After the first command, the screen just sorta hangs there, until I type control C. Any insight? The first command is displayed and I assume goes through, but nothing happens unless I p