interactive script in script

[gyurma83]

Hi,

I'm busy with a user migration task...

I have to develop a script (let's call it myscript) which puts new users into a LDAP directory. The script has to fetch all the user information (name, UID, GID, password, home directory, shell, description) from file.
There is another script (let's call it corpscript) that does the same thing but interactively. It prompts for the user name, password, etc.

I have the script (myscript) that reads the source file perfectly. I put "corpscript" and its arguments into "myscript" to put the new users into the LDAP. Actually, I need to solve somehow, to use the interactive (corpscript) non-interactively. I have all the user's attributes parsed, I just need to give them to the corpscript as user responses.

Any idea would be appreciated!
Thanks,
George

[theNbomr]

Is the 'corpscript' a shell/text-mode script, or a GUI application? If it is a script, it sounds like it woud be easiest to modify it to simply accept input from a file or from its standard input. Or, you could see from that script how it writes the data to the destination, and add similar code to your own script.
The tool 'expect' is used to supply input to interactive text-mode applications. Perhaps it can be used for your purpose.

--- rod.

[gyurma83]

Thank you for your answer. Corpscript is a shell/text script and it is not allowed to modify it.
Actually, I applied your second suggestion:
"Or, you could see from that script how it writes the data to the destination, and add similar code to your own script."

Regards,
Gyorgy