Simple waitfor with timeout option

[thokern]

Does anybody know how to enhance the waitfor command with a timeout option:

Host requests for password
first password is transmitted
password fails (no response after 6 seconds)
second password is transmitted
password fails (no response after 6 seconds)
third password is transmitted
password fails again
script ends

(if any password succeeds the script continues with standard commands)

 

[knob]

You can specify a timeout with the waitfor command by including the timeout value (in seconds) at the end of the command. For example:

waitfor "expected string" 6

where expected string is replaced by the string you would see if the login was successful.


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[thokern]

Thats correct, but what I´m searching for is a statement like:

waitfor <exp. string> 6
if timeout then
....
else
...
endif


Any idea?

 

[knob]

If you use:

if failure
...
else
...
endif

after the waitfor command, then you can check to see if the string was received in the alloted timeout or not.


aspect@aspectscripting.com

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