On Sun, 6 Oct 2002, Lord Raiden wrote:
> Hi. I'm looking for a simple way to implement a trap and trigger so to
> speak. I'm wanting to setup the system so that the moment it detects a
> certain event in the system, it immediately executes another script or
> program to do something else, but not before, not after. I thought about
> Cron, but the thing is, I don't know when these events will happen so since
> they're so random, I need something to identify them then immediately run
> another script or program at that exact moment. Any suggestions?
I haven't used it myself, but this was what the Expect language was
designed for. You'll find it in /usr/ports/devel/expect. These will also
get you started if you decide to give it a go:
http://expect.nist.gov
http://www.samag.com/documents/s=7237/sam0207a/0207a.htm
Dru
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