UNIX for Advanced & Expert Users

Hi ,

under a Telnet connection on AIX system , i'm using an ascii software console (here Lotus Notes admin console).

I would run a shell script to catch information thru this admin console , in other words :
1 i run my shell script
2 in this script run the admin console
3 get the new prompt
4 run a command under this console
5 quit this console with <CTRL> C
6then maybe continue the shell script

is it possible ? if yes how ?

Thanks in advance
Christian

Remember this thread? If it is possible, the techniques that I used in that script should do it.

Thanks ,

i will try it and tell you in return

Christian

Hi , i've done my test and the script is the following :

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DELAY1=3
DELAY2=20
print Entrez Votre commande Admin Notes-
read CMDNOT
print

exec 4>&1

echo $CMDNOT

sleep $DELAY1
console >&4 2>&4 |&
sleep $DELAY1
print -p $CMDNOT
sleep $DELAY2
print -p ^C


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==> the console command entered me in Lotus Notes console mode , the i send an Admin command ($CMDNOT)
then send a keyboard "control C" to quit the console mode
then finish the script.

The problem is that the console mode environment is not finishing at all , it continues to list messages as we are still in console mode and i'm forced to terminate the telnet session.

Can you help me to terminate this properly ?

Regards
Christian

Hi ,

i'm still searching to terminate properly my script !
Somebody has an idea ?

It seems that with the "exec" command we enter in a different memory room , the control c forces to go out but without terminating the code !!!!!

Maybe Perderabo can help me ?

Thanks in advance
Christian

Sorry, I don't know that console command.

Maybe you're not properly sending a control c?

Try
print -pn \\003
and
print -p \\003

Thanks to help me !

When i send the "control C" or the "print -pn \\003" , the console Notes gives back the control to the script and the script terminates.

But the scrolling display of the console continues until i go out of the telnet session.

I've catched the following :

i ran the script in a 1st telnet session then catch the "ps " result in a second one:

<clazz015-notes01>/users/notes01 # ps -ef|grep console
notes01 23310 36780 1 16:43:20 pts/7 0:00 ksh /users/notes/scripts/console
notes01 37210 23310 0 16:43:20 pts/7 0:00 tail -f /users/notes01/LOG/console-notes

2 processes are created and when the script terminates with the "control c" , it kills the 1st process but not his son and lets it running , here the scrolling messages (tail -f) :

<clazz015-notes01>/users/notes01 # ps -ef|grep console
notes01 37210 1 0 16:43:20 pts/7 0:00 tail -f /users/notes01/LOG/console-notes


If i kill manually the last one (37210 pid) , it works!

Well do you see another better way to do this ?

Thanks
Christian