Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!pallas!dgl292
From: dgl292@pallas.athenanet.com (Doug Lee)
Newsgroups: comp.binaries.ibm.pc.d
Subject: Re: Simtel20 Redial-Type Login Program Needed
Message-ID: <296@pallas.athenanet.com>
Date: 16 Feb 90 05:59:20 GMT
References: <1622@ariel.unm.edu>
Reply-To: uunet!pallas!dgl292 (Doug Lee)
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In article <1622@ariel.unm.edu> jharper@carina.unm.edu (Jeff)
[Asks for a program/script to access simtel20 which would try for several
minutes to get through and, if successful, allow the user to perform file
transfers as usual.]

I know there has been discussion here about something called "autoftp"
which MAY do this (I haven't seen the program).  I have written a script
for TELIX which can do this and several other things.  However, I never
finished it, since I no longer have access to ftp.  If I see sufficient
interest, I will complete and distribute it.  As for Unix scripts, I see a
fairly easy way to do it in ``ksh'' using the two-way pipe.  However, I'm
sure ``sh'' scripts would be far more acceptable.

Doug Lee  (uunet!pallas!dgl292 or dgl292@athenanet.com)