[Expectperl-discuss] Communicating with modem

[Hal V. <ha...@th...>]

I'm using expect to dial up a remote system, retreive data, then log off.=
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Other perl scripts then process the data.

The problem is in communicating with my modem.  I've noticed that when I =
first=20
re-boot (and possibly other times, but I'm not sure), when I run this=20
program, I keep getting an endless string of ^H from the modem.  If, inst=
ead,=20
I run Minicom, then quit without sending the termination strings  (quitti=
ng=20
instead of a "regular" exit from the program), then run my perl programs,=
 I=20
have no problem accessing the modem.

Is this an Expect problem, or is Minicom doing something in C that Perl=20
doesn't do?  I don't know C, but as best I can tell Minicom does some thi=
ngs=20
with ioctl (and perhaps more), but I have no clear idea what's going on.

Any ideas?

Thanks!