Lloyd/David and all, I'm still seeing something a bit weird with sending commands back to the router via tn.write(). This is with python 2.4.2
As per David's last email I replaced: tn.read_until('#') for item in lines: x = item tn.write(x) With: blob = string.join(lines) print blob #tn.write("\03") # Assures the device is in enable mode x = tn.read_until("#") # The "x =" seems to help flush the read buffer tn.write("conf t\n") x = tn.read_until("#") tn.write(blob) tn.read_until('#') tn.write('exit' '\n') #disconnect from the session But I am still seeing a command being sent to the device twice :( As per the above I've got a print command outputting what I'm sending back to the router. The output of the print blob looks like (output shown between the lines): ___________________________________________________ banner exec ^ ################################################## switch01 Level XX, XX Some Street, Somewhere Site contact: John Citizen 555 5555 System Contact: Helpdesk 555 5556 ################################################## ^ ___________________________________________________ Yet the output on TCPWatch looks like (output shown between the lines): ____________________________________________________________ Enter configuration commands, one per line. End with CNTL/Z. switch01(config)#banner exec ^ ################################################## switch01 Level XX, XX Some Street, Somewhere Site contact: John Citizen 555 5555 System Contact: Helpdesk 555 5556 ################################################## ^ banner exec ^ <---- this is the second time this command is sent to the device Enter TEXT message. End with the character '^'. ###exit ############ ____________________________________________________________ Any explanation of what I'm doing wrong to get duplication of the sent commands? It looks like the script is looping on the print blob, but I can't see why it should do that? Thanks Gideon (I can send through the entire script but it's a 170+ lines and didn't want to send an epic email to the list) -----Original Message----- From: Python [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, 4 March 2006 3:42 AM To: STREET Gideon (SPARQ) Cc: Tutor Python Subject: Re: [Tutor] Print list vs telnetlib.telnet.write differences On Fri, 2006-03-03 at 15:41 +1000, STREET Gideon (SPARQ) wrote: > The problem I'm stumbling over is that when I print x, the output is > what I want. If I delete the print x and #, leaving only tn.write(x) > on the last line everything looks good except it writes the 1st item > in "lines" (the banner exec command) twice, once at the beginning > where it's supposed to, but then once again at the end. See except > below for example. > > Anyone able to explain why that is happening or is it me just not > understanding what I'm doing? Hope my explanation is clear I'm still > unfamiliar with the exact phrasology. > Could that be your data being echoed back to you? Is the router configured correctly after the script runs? I normally feed commands to Cisco devices using tftp. It is relatively easy to edit a file to get the commands correct. Then you could limit your "conversational script" to logging in and running tftp to transfer the command file. It looks like you are pretty close to having this working. -- Lloyd Kvam Venix Corp. 1 Court Street, Suite 378 Lebanon, NH 03766-1358 voice: 603-653-8139 fax: 320-210-3409 -- Lloyd Kvam Venix Corp This e-mail (including any attachments) may contain confidential or privileged information and is intended for the sole use of the person(s) to whom it is addressed. If you are not the intended recipient, or the person responsible for delivering this message to the intended recipient, please notify the sender of the message or send an e-mail to mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] immediately, and delete all copies. Any unauthorised review, use, alteration, disclosure or distribution of this e-mail by an unintended recipient is prohibited. Ergon Energy accepts no responsibility for the content of any e-mail sent by an employee which is of a personal nature. Ergon Energy Corporation Limited ABN 50 087 646 062 Ergon Energy Pty Ltd ABN 66 078 875 902 _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor