>Is there any separate reason to use 'expect' Perl will happily >talk telnet and ftp on its own. > >Rob
well- namely that it works- i honestly don't know /how/ to get perl to talk telnet *laugh* i guess the proper module would help. i will investigate this possibility and see what happens :) off to CPAN..... ttfn, willy -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <http://learn.perl.org/> <http://learn.perl.org/first-response>