Am So, den 25.01.2004 schrieb Charles Howse um 03:32: > Hi, > I'm looking for some command line comm software that will take a dial > string as a parameter, or a way to interact with /dev/modem from a bash > script. > > I don't think minicom will do, but if it would, what I need to do is > something like this: > > # initialize modem > minicom -init > > # dial with minicom > minicom -dial 5551212 > > # hang up > minicom -hangup > > Just simple stuff. Any suggestions? > -- > Charles Howse > Jackson, TN > Uptime: 1:28 Hi Charles, I did not investigate how this program would do that but I am quite sure the big beast c-kermit - shipped since Redhat 8? - can do what you want. It has so many features and options. I meanwhile run all my TLS secured FTP connections through it, invoking the connection just by a short command line, getting the authentication data and connection settings by a 'profile config' file. c-kermit is really worth a look at it. Alexander -- Alexander Dalloz | Enger, Germany | GPG key 1024D/ED695653 1999-07-13 Fedora GNU/Linux Core 1 (Yarrow) on Athlon CPU kernel 2.4.22-1.2149.nptl Sirendipity 10:43:48 up 18:22, 7 users, load average: 0.13, 0.25, 0.22 [ ÎÎÏÎÎ Ï'ÎÏÏÎÎ - gnothi seauton ]