[LCP]buffering problem

[Bill Rausch]

At 2:57 AM +1000 9/4/02, Lucas King 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

Check out the program "expect".  I believe its source code is 
available and I think it does everything you want (for your ftp 
question and the telnet question).

For starters:  http://www.linuxjournal.com/article.php?sid=3065

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