The data is updated every 10 to 20 seconds and needs to be
imediatly available to the user application. It is as
close to real time as the Unix box can allow. I currently
have a VB6 application doing this but was hopeing to re-
code for vb.net. Thanks for the reply.
Cliff
Quote:
>-----Original Message-----
>> What would be the best approach to connecting to a unix
>> server via telnet, negotiating the vt wills, wonts, dos
>> probably have more capability than I need. I use it to
>> cat files and parse the results on a regular basis and
>> post the results to the users. I'm am new to VB.NET
but
>> experienced in VB6. Thanks for any help.
>Have you considered going the other direction? It would
be childsplay to
>set up a scheduled shell script on the Unix machine to do
your
>processing and upload the results via HTTP (WebDAV or
POST), FTP, SAMBA,
>etc. to some machine that your program can access.
>--
>Richard Tallent
>.
Telnet Access to Server