Launching a telnet session from a process

[Kailas Ramasamy]

Hi Garret,
Thanks for the info.

-Kailas

On 1/17/07, Garrett Cooper <youshi10 at u.washington.edu> wrote:
>
> On Jan 17, 2007, at 10:49 AM, Michael P. Soulier wrote:
>
> > On 1/17/07, Kailas Ramasamy <ramadas at gmail.com> wrote:
> >> Hi,
> >> How do I launch a telnet session from a process and tell that
> >> session to
> >> use console port (/dev/console) for stdin and stdout?. Appreciate
> >> your help.
> >>
> >> I read through fork() and exec() man pages but it is not mentioned
> >> there.
> >
> > Personally I'd use expect around the telnet, and then send the output
> > to any file desired.
> >
> > Mike
> > --
> > Michael P. Soulier <msoulier at digitaltorque.ca>
> > "Any intelligent fool can make things bigger and more complex... It
> > takes a
> > touch of genius - and a lot of courage to move in the opposite
> > direction."
> > --Albert Einstein
>
> What about "telnet < /dev/console &1> /dev/console"? See: <http://
> hemsidor.torget.se/users/d/Devlin/shell/sh7a.html#7.3>.
> -Garrett
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