R P Herrold wrote: > On Thu, 2 Jun 2011, James B. Byrne wrote: > >> tell me how I can capture and log the initial response to the ftp >> connection? > > man expect > > It is usually straightforward to capture a transcript of a > session, and then abstract away the needed prompts and > responses (The ORA 'Exploring Expect' by Don Libes should be > read and studied by every sysadmin wanting to be more than a > bike-shed painter -- I use such problems to train PFY on > their road to BOFH'hood) > > As I recall FTP has some parts in its protocol, as does telnet > (another ancient protocol) that are sent to varying file > handles, and with varying 'echo' to console stty options, in > setting up connection options > > -- Russ herrold There is also script autoexpext? that creates a script based on user commands (you do it once manually and commands are saved). The use logging facility of expect to log what you need. Ljubomir