On 23 Oct 2002, H M Kunzmann wrote: > I have the following two scripts (below) that I've gotten a bit confused > with. > > What I want to do is dump a daily log of the router ip accounting into a > text file for that day. > > The bash script 'runlog' runs the expect scripts 'commands'. > > If I run '#expect commands' I get the output I want. > If I run 'runlog' the process runs through once and then stop > responding, and doesn't iterate. > > I ended up writing the runlog script because a cron job for 'expect > commands >> logfile' did not run, but did create the file. > > I'm a bit lost and a nudge in the right direction would be greatly > appreciated. > > > #!/bin/bash > > today=/logs/$(date +%Y-%m-%d)$1.log this should be in double quotes "" > #echo Starting Router log... > expect -f /root/commands >> $today > > echo Completed router log for $today. Sleeping for 10 minutes. > sleep 10m > exec /root/runlog using exec may not be suitable, are you sure you can't just run the program directly without exec? > > #!/usr/bin/expect -f > spawn telnet xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx > > send "xxxxxx\r" > send "en\r" > send "xxxxxx\r" > wait -nowait > > send "term len 0\r" > send "sh ip accou\r" > wait -nowait > > send "clear ip acco\r" > wait -nowait > > send "exit\r" > interact > > > > > -- Psyche-list mailing list Psyche-list@redhat.com https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/psyche-list
