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# 15  
Old 12-12-2006
Quote:
Originally Posted by Raynon
Hi Ghostdog,

The last line after i keyed in my password is below. So do i assign "You have new mail" or "$" ?

You have new mail.
$
You can try "$"..

Quote:
Can you recommend me a website to download and install perl ?


Using Perl Telnet module

Perl SSH Interface

Python SSH

Python Telnet module
personally, i use
Activestate
but there are other flavors, here . you can have a look.

Quote:
Do all the methods above need installation ? Because once the script is created, i will have to integrate it into excel macro for public usage. So if the rest do not have the relevant protocols installed, they wouldn't be able to use it. It would be best if windows batch files could do the job.
Perl for windows needs to be installed if you do not already have it.
Once the script is created, you can just run it from command line using the Perl interpreter. I don't know how you are going to include your perl script into excel macro, but you can use OLE with Perl to do excel macros. See here
you got to explore on your own from here on, as I seldom do perl+excel macros..so i have not much advice in this area.

for pure batch, the telnet client in Windows does not have capability for auto login.
guess you would have to download 3rd party command line tools like curl, putty etc that you can include in your batch file.
Last edited by ghostdog74; 12-12-2006 at 10:25 PM..
# 16  
Old 12-13-2006
Hi Ghostdog,

I have problems executing the script after installation. My perl script is named as testing.pl.
Error message is in red below.Can you give me some advice?

C:\Perl>perl testing.pl
'perl' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.
# 17  
Old 12-13-2006
Quote:
Originally Posted by Raynon
Hi Ghostdog,

I have problems executing the script after installation. My perl script is named as testing.pl.
Error message is in red below.Can you give me some advice?

C:\Perl>perl testing.pl
'perl' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.
have you installed Perl correctly, and which version of Perl? the distribution which you have installed should modify the PATH variable for you.
the perl interpreter is usually in the c:\perl\bin directory. So probably you could try
c:\perl\bin\perl test.pl
Also, you can add the perl interpreter path in your windows by modifying the PATH variable. System->Environment variables->Path
# 18  
Old 12-13-2006
HI Ghostdog,

I have downloaded this ActivePerl-5.6.1.638-MSWin32-x86.zip

I tried you method and it does work. However, there's some compliation error.
Can you give me some guidance on this? I am totally new to perl.

C:\Perl\bin>perl testing.pl
Can't locate Net/Telnet.pm in @INC (@INC contains: C:/Perl/lib C:/Perl/site/lib
.) at testing.pl line 2.
BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at testing.pl line 2.
# 19  
Old 12-14-2006
Quote:
Originally Posted by Raynon
HI Ghostdog,

I have downloaded this ActivePerl-5.6.1.638-MSWin32-x86.zip

I tried you method and it does work. However, there's some compliation error.
Can you give me some guidance on this? I am totally new to perl.

C:\Perl\bin>perl testing.pl
Can't locate Net/Telnet.pm in @INC (@INC contains: C:/Perl/lib C:/Perl/site/lib
.) at testing.pl line 2.
BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at testing.pl line 2.
hi
you can download the Telnet modulehere

After that, unzip the module. Check that there is a .ppd file
then from the command line,
type

ppm install <filename>.ppd ## substitute <filename>

Activestate PPM will install the module for you.
# 20  
Old 12-14-2006
Hi Ghostdog,

I don;t see any telnet modules in the website you recommended me. What's the file name ?
# 21  
Old 12-14-2006
Quote:
Originally Posted by Raynon
Hi Ghostdog,

I don;t see any telnet modules in the website you recommended me. What's the file name ?
it's at no 96. Net-Telnet
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