Thanx a lot for replying.
I am telnetting from a windows machine to a unix machine. Comparing the installations seems to be an idea. I'll also try from the XP machine. Thanx again, -Sharad >-----Original Message----- >From: Rob Dixon [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Sent: Sunday, August 24, 2003 5:16 AM >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: Re: TRYING AGAIN (was: Net::Telnet) > > > >Sharad Gupta wrote: >> >> Hi All, >> >> I have a small script like this: >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------- >> use strict; >> use Net::Telnet; >> >> my $host = "Wilma"; >> my $username = "Foo"; >> my $pass = "Bar"; >> >> my $s = Net::Telnet->new( Host=>$host, >> input_log => "input_log", >> dump_log => "dump_log", >> ); >> $s->login($username,$pass); >> $s->print("ls"); >> print $s->getlines(); >> >---------------------------------------------------------------------- >> >> >> I can run this from a nix machine without any problems. But when >> i try to run the same from a win2k machine it fails with >"read timed-out" >> message. But the input_log file contains the correct output. >> >> Any ideas why getlines is timing out. > >Maybe. > >If you're Telnetting to a Windows machine then 'ls' isn't a >valid command. > >Otherwise you should check the differences between the Perl >installations >on your Unix and Windows machine. > >Oh, and upgrade to Windows XP, which is about the best-behaved system >that MS have come up with. > >HTH, > >Rob > > > >-- >To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >
