Date: Thu, 4 May 1995 15:05:07 -0500 (CDT) From: faulkner@mpd.tandem.com (Boyd Faulkner) To: nate@trout.sri.MT.net (Nate Williams) Cc: faulkner@devnull.mpd.tandem.com, freebsd-hackers@freefall.cdrom.com Subject: Re: slattach!!!!!!! Message-ID: <9505042005.AA22825@olympus> In-Reply-To: <199505041820.MAA16185@trout.sri.MT.net> from "Nate Williams" at May 4, 95 12:20:31 pm
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> > > > Actually, in the case of PPP/SLIP, I think expect is overkill. Chat > > > does the job very well and is already part of the system. I have not > > > yet found a case where expect works any better than a decent CHAT > > > script, and there are good examples of complex CHAT scripts in the > > > O'Reilly UUCP books. > > > > > Can you use chat to grab variables? > > Chat's job is to dial into a machine and login. No more, no less. If > you need extended functionality then expect may be the tool for you, but > for most folks it works pretty well. > > > I have an internet provider that assigns a different IP address > > everytime you slip in. (You can get a dedicated line but they cost > > more.) The address is assigned by which port you call in on and that is > > determined by a rotary. Worse, you can be attached to any of a number > > of systems so you need to grab both the IP address assigned to you and > > the name of the machine you attached to so you can add the route. > > This sounds like a job for ..... 'PPP'. SLIP isn't designed for this > sort of thing, and you have to add all sorts of additional scripts and > funky stuff to make it work, where it's all builtin with PPP. > > Does your ISP support PPP? > > > Nate > Not offically, but it does work. I was simply responding to your statement that you had "not yet found a case where expect works any better than a decent CHAT script". I have. I agree that PPP is a better solution. Nevertheless, this is a "real world" example of CHAT not filling the bill. Sometimes, dialing in and logging in isn't enough. Boyd -- _______________________________________________________________________ Boyd Faulkner faulkner@isd.tandem.com _______________________________________________________________________
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