On Tuesday, April 30, 2002, at 05:11 PM, Scott wrote: > > Does anyone know how to make a script to telnet to an IP, authenticate > (login / pass) and then reconnect every 8 hours or whenever the > connection > is lost. >
I don't know about the reconnection or authentication stuff, but here's a simple script to start the session in the first place: ignoring application responses tell application "Terminal" activate do script with command ¬ "telnet xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx" end tell end ignoring substituting the address of your server for the xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx, of course. -- Peter Hinchliffe Apwin Computer Services FileMaker Pro Solutions Developer Perth, :::::::::::::::::::::::: Western Australia Phone (618) 9332 6482 Fax (618) 9332 0913 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Mac because I prefer it -- Windows because I have to. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
