HI, I need to create a batch file which has to telnet to a unix server and run the .ksh. this batch file i will call in my BI job before i run the job. please share your thoughts, how i can do this...or if you have any sample code..pls provide me.. thx, nithya

Microsoft's Telnet does not use standard in/out. Because of this, using it in Command Scripts is near impossible.

@OP, if you know a bit of Perl, or other languages, like Python/Ruby...you can use Telnet libraries provided by these tools to do your stuff, An example with Perl's Net::Telnet module use Net::Telnet (); $t = new Net::Telnet (Timeout => 10, Prompt => '#\$ $/'); $t->open("server"); $t->login($username, $passwd); @lines = $t->cmd("ksh_script.ksh"); print @lines; for more information, see http://search.cpan.org/~jrogers/Net...