RE: How to schedule for a repeated task?
> From: d.sastre.medina@gmail.com [mailto:d.sastre.medina@gmail.com]
> Sent: Sunday, May 02, 2010 3:47 AM
>
> On Sun, May 02, 2010 at 10:11:43AM +0100, hadi motamedi wrote:
> > Dear All
> > I need to schedule for a repeated task on my Debian server, as the
> > followings:
> > -) Telnet to a remote node
> > -) Issue a command
> > -) Capture the output in a log
> > -) Logout from Telnet
> > -) Wait for a prescribed time interval
> > -) Then redo , but append the subsequent output in just on file
> > Can you please let me know which options do we have to write such a
> task?
> > Thank you
>
> Hello,
>
> For that task, you want expect.
> To schedule it, you need cron.
>
> Regards.
Yes, expect will work, but if you can use ssh, use it, it will be easier.
Setup ssh to use RSA key for authentication, so it won't prompt for a
password. Then just execute "ssh username@remote.server somecommand" and it
will run "somecommand" and the output will be sent back to you.
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