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Date: Sat, 27 Sep 1997 23:25:29 +0800 (WST)
From: Terry Dwyer 61 8 9491 5161 <tdwyer@io.telstra.com.au>
To: Carey Nairn <cpn@ccd.tas.gov.au>
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Subject: Re: iijppp and chat scripts
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On Sat, 27 Sep 1997, Carey Nairn wrote:

I don't think you have to wait for the last char in the prompt string to 
arrive before you can do a match.  It may be worthwhile to try matching
on the string "name" in the termserver's prompt assuming what you've 
shown below is the actual prompt you see.

> hi guys,
> 
> I'm looking for a chat guru...
> 
> When I dial in to my provider, I will get a different prompt depending on
> which terminal server I connect to.  Is there a way in the login script to
> test for on of multiple different prompts?
> 
> e.g.  
> 
> login to ts1, prompt is ts1name>
> login to ts2, prompt is ts2name#
> 
> thanks,
> Carey Nairn
> 
> 

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