Re: [MacPerl] Newby with a complex problem

["Paul J. Schinder" <schinder@pobox.com>]

On Mon, 14 Sep 1998 13:32:05 -0700, Nathaniel Irons wrote:
>
>On 9/14/98 at 12:11 PM, bj.peterson@m.cues.k12.ut.us (BJ Peterson)
>wrote:
>
>> My question is this.  Is there anyway this can be done in MacPerl
>> (via Sockets or something), and if so, can anyone give some tips or
>> ideas on how to do it?
>
>I still don't think I understand what you're attempting.  It sounds as
>if you want to execute unix-centric scripts residing on a unix box, from
>a mac.  
>
>This is commonly done with a telnet session.  Several fine Mac telnet
>clients are available, including NiftyTelnet and BetterTelnet.  It would
>be silly, though probably achievable, to write a telnet client in perl.

It's called Net::Telnet, available at CPAN, and it works out of the box
under MacPerl.

>
>> NOTE:  Numbers removed for security reasons...
>
>oh darn.
>
>  -nat
>
>
>
>

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Paul J. Schinder
schinder@pobox.com


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