Date: Thu, 7 Dec 2000 06:52:38 +0100 From: Cliff Sarginson <cliff@raggedclown.net> To: Ray Qiu <ray_qiu@yahoo.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: rc.d startup and expect script Message-ID: <20001207065238.A1513@buffy.local> In-Reply-To: <20001206235240.37833.qmail@web9105.mail.yahoo.com>; from ray_qiu@yahoo.com on Wed, Dec 06, 2000 at 03:52:40PM -0800 References: <20001206235240.37833.qmail@web9105.mail.yahoo.com>
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On Wed, Dec 06, 2000 at 03:52:40PM -0800, Ray Qiu wrote: redirect it's standard input from somewhere with the shell command "<" (less than sign) .. just a suggestion :) Cliff > Hi, > > I ran into a problem and could not resolve it. > I want to run an expect script during the boot > process. > So I create the script named as "abc.sh", and I put it > under the /usr/local/etc/rc.d. This script runs ok > in the command line. I also add & to force it to run > background. > It runs and machine boots up ok. But if I type "ps > ax" > the process is hanging there like this: > PID TT STAT TIME COMMAND > 205 con- I 0:00.02 /usr/sbin/expect /root/listip > > Someone mentioned that if the script trys to grap the > console, it will fail. But since it is an expect > script(interactive), it needs the console output. > > How can I solve the problem? Any help is well > appreciated. > > Regards, > Ray > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Shopping - Thousands of Stores. Millions of Products. > http://shopping.yahoo.com/ > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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