[LCP]buffering problem

[Andrew Weaver]

Have you looked at the tool "expect"?

On Tuesday, September 03, 2002 7:57 PM, Lucas King
[SMTP:lking at fp.fairfax.com.au] wrote:
> hello,
> 
> "Programs using the standard I/O library provided by UNIX automatically 
> buffer their output when running non-interactively.  This causes 
> problems when you need to see the output immediately."  ... it is 
> possible "to make the programs think they are running interactively, 
> thereby resolving the buffering problem."
> 
> the above is an exerpt from a manual.  the problem is, it doesn't go on 
> to explain how to make a program, e.g. FTP, think that it is running 
> interactively.
> 
> i would dearly like to know how.
> 
> as with my Telnet session i am attempting to write a small interactive 
> FTP session in C.  the problem is that FTP is not passing the prompt 
> "ftp>" (because it is not terminated by a newline character) through to 
> my process, thereby making it difficult to determine when it is ready 
> for further commands.
> 
> if anyone has any thoughts on the matter......
> 
> thanking you in advance,
> 
> Lucas King
> 
> 
> 
> 
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