| Title: | -={ H A C K E R S }=- |
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| Moderator: | DIEHRD::MORRIS |
| Created: | Thu Feb 20 1986 |
| Last Modified: | Mon Aug 03 1992 |
| Last Successful Update: | Fri Jun 06 1997 |
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I would like to extract various pieces of information from VTX
from the AP news wire using a batch job. I was told that this
was impossible because VTX could only be run from a terminal.
Does anyone have a hack to access VTX via a batch job?
| T.R | Title | User | Personal Name | Date | Lines |
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| 386.1 | DTM? | YALI::LASTOVICA | Norm Lastovica | Tue Jan 20 1987 11:24 | 2 |
Look at using a DTM (DEC test manager) script as I believe it can
make a batch job appear to be a terminal.
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| 386.2 | Need more to go on | 19584::KAPLAN | Wed Jan 21 1987 23:01 | 7 | |
Norm, I know nothing about VTX and even less about DTM. Do you have
any ideas how to accomplish VTX/batch? Pointers to the locations
of documentation and source code would be greatly appreciated...
ADthanksVANCE
-jonathan
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| 386.3 | I'd ask the experts (and the current perts) | YALI::LASTOVICA | Norm Lastovica | Thu Jan 22 1987 17:36 | 14 |
The problem that you have is that the VTX product interface only
runs on a terminal. No ifs ands or buts (note, I'm not a developer
of this (or any) product, this is just what I've found). If you
could get the VTX spec for interfacing over the net, it would be
possible to write a program that would pretend to be VTXPAD and
get the data. Look in the VTX notes file.
DTM is the DEC Test Manager and allows you to write a 'script' file
that DTM will pretend to type for you at a terminal. There are
ways to make this run in batch. Problem is you'll spend a bunch
of time doing this.
I'd hit the VTX notes file and tell them what problem you are trying
to solve and see if anyone there can help!
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