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Date:      Wed, 17 Jan 2007 13:49:35 -0500
From:      "Michael P. Soulier" <msoulier@digitaltorque.ca>
To:        "Kailas Ramasamy" <ramadas@gmail.com>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Launching a telnet session from a process
Message-ID:  <fb6605670701171049m241cfe78xd517f929675b243e@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <ecd0bee40701171021m3644396p50b4d2851c6a283f@mail.gmail.com>
References:  <ecd0bee40701171021m3644396p50b4d2851c6a283f@mail.gmail.com>

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On 1/17/07, Kailas Ramasamy <ramadas@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi,
> How do I launch a telnet session from a process and tell that session to
> use console port (/dev/console) for stdin and stdout?. Appreciate your help.
>
> I read through fork() and exec() man pages but it is not mentioned there.

Personally I'd use expect around the telnet, and then send the output
to any file desired.

Mike
-- 
Michael P. Soulier <msoulier@digitaltorque.ca>
"Any intelligent fool can make things bigger and more complex... It takes a
touch of genius - and a lot of courage to move in the opposite direction."
--Albert Einstein



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