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From: booker@network.ucsd.edu (Booker bense)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.shell
Subject: Re: standard input to commands in a shell script
Message-ID: <3855@network.ucsd.edu>
Date: 12 Oct 90 23:25:04 GMT
References: <1990Oct12.025833.13376@cubmol.bio.columbia.edu>
Organization: San Diego Supercomputer Center @ UCSD
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In article <1990Oct12.025833.13376@cubmol.bio.columbia.edu> ping@cubmol.bio.columbia.edu (Shiping Zhang) writes:
>When I invoke the following script, the process always pauses at
>the password prompt. I have to hit the return key to make it
>proceed. I don't know what's the problem. Do you have the same
>problem if you try it? I'm working on a Sun-3 with os4.1. I appreciate
>it if anyone can point out the problem for me. Thanks.
>
># cut here 
>ftp genbank.bio.net << END
>ftp
>ident
>ls
>quit
>END

Ftp reads the password from /dev/tty there's no simple way to get
around this , however I would suggest you read the man page on netrc.
It allows you to put ftp in scripts.

-Booker C. Bense


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