At 1:04 AM -0400 9/21/96, Ken Hornstein wrote:
>>So, just write a very simple call that uses system() or something and
>>checks the result code... Pass the userid and password either on command
>>line or in the environment.
>
>One minor nitpick - you don't want to pass a password by either the
>environment or as a command-line argument.  Use a pipe instead - it's a
>lot safer.

It's also alot more difficult, and I ran into problems doing it that way
with netsite not properly flushing it's output... I would get double copies
of everything.

-- Nathan

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