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Old 12-22-2004, 05:53 AM   #1
shadowman21i
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reading values for a background process


dudes!!

in need of a favor

how to read values for a back ground process??

viz. wud like to have a ftp script runnin constanly in the background and i dun want to embed the user name and password in the file. wud like the values to b read from the user. I do not want command line args coz a ps -ef wud list the process with its parameters - in dis case my passwd wud also b listed.

cheers
karthik
 
Old 12-22-2004, 06:47 AM   #2
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'man netrc'

see if that is what you need.
 
  


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