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From: rogier@caligula.ec.bull.fr (Pierre Rogier)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.shell
Subject: Re: standard input to commands in a shell script
Message-ID: <598@echbull.bull.fr>
Date: 15 Oct 90 18:52:41 GMT
References: <1990Oct12.025833.13376@cubmol.bio.columbia.edu>
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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 read passwd from /dev/tty and not from standard input

I use the following script :
ftp -n my_machine <<END
user ftp ident
ls
quit
END