Sounds to me like you want Expect. Expect is a scripting language which allows you to control a device that is normally controlled by human interaction. Basically you have expect statements which tell the script what to look for and send statements to send responses to what you receive. I wouldn't say Expect is the easiest thing to learn, at least if you want to use it's full capabilities, but it is easier than assembler. :-) I can recommend the O'Reilly book on it. Eric On Thu, Aug 30, 2001 at 05:01:34PM -0500, Simeon Johnston wrote: > I am looking for some sort of package that will allow me to control a > device via a com/tty port. > Basically - I want to be able to control my Cisco router (or any kind of > router/computer via com/tty) without having to actually log into it. > Lets say I want to get the current configuration. > I use minicom and log in and all that jazz. Then a simple "show > whatever" will give it to me. > I would like to create some sort of script to do this automatically and > have the output be usable by any application. Able to be logged or sent > to another application that will do something else etc. > > I want to be able to monitor the router and be able to respond when > something happens. If the router goes down or changes IP's I want to be > able to reconnect via VPN or something. Have certain daemons restart etc. > > Does this make sense? Is it possible (or will I have to actually make > this program)? > > sim > _______________________________________________ > tclug-list mailing list > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > https://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list >