Donnal Walter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Several months ago I tried using the telnet module (on Windows XP) to > communicate with a proprietary host on our network. This was > unsuccessful due to problems with "option negotiation", and I gave up on > the project for a while. I still have need for this, however, so I > recently started thinking about alternatives. I suppose I could dig deep > enough into option negotiation to use the socket module (with telnet as > a guide), but I am hoping to find a way to use fewer synapses. > > Using the Windows C:> prompt (cmd.exe) I can telnet into this host with > no problems (the Windows telnet client performs option negotiation just > fine). Is there a straightforward way of using os.popen() (or os.fork() > or os.exec*() or os.wait*()) to connect to the host from Python via the > Windows telnet client?
I am sure it is possible with a little bit of pywin32 business. You may have better luck with the new subprocess module in Python 2.4, as it is written with communication to/from console applications in mind. - Josiah -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
