crt.Screen.WaitForStrings Python

[FabriceCarboni]

Hello,


I am writing a script in Python that allows me to delete a file on a switch.
To that I need to wait for a string to appear on the screen of my console.
I'm Using the instruction crt.Screen.WaitForStrings but it dosen't work.


Can you help me?


That's my code

# $language = "python"
# $interface = "1.0"

# This automatically generated script may need to be
# edited in order to work correctly.


def pause():

  import time
  time.sleep(1)

pause()

def reload():

    crt.Screen.Synchronous = True
    crt.Screen.Send("reload" + chr(13))
    crt.Screen.Send("y")
reload()

def MiniBoot():
    crt.Screen.WaitForStrings("#Press s to STOP AT MINIBOOT...")
    crt.Screen.Send("s")
MiniBoot()

[FabriceCarboni]

Hello,

I'm Curently writting a script in Python to remove Users on Alcatel Switch
To do that I need to reload the switch and start it in miniboot.
To start the switch in miniboot I need to press S when the message "Press s to STOP AT MINIBOOT..." apear on my console screen.
Then I wrote that code and it dosen't work, the S is not send it seem's
Is someone can help me please?

def reload():

    crt.Screen.Synchronous = True
    crt.Screen.Send("reload" + chr(13))
    crt.Screen.Send("y")
reload()

def MiniBoot():
    crt.Screen.Synchronous = True
    a = "Press s to STOP AT MINIBOOT..."
    vWaitForStrings = crt.Screen.WaitForStrings(a)
    if vWaitForStrings == a:
         crt.Screen.Send("s")
MiniBoot()

[jdev]

Dear FabriceCarboni,

If your script isn't working like you expect, the first place to go would be this post:

FAQ: Why doesn't my SecureCRT script work like I need it to?

Read through the information in that post, and adjust your script accordingly.

Additional notes include:

• crt.Sleep() is a method documented in SecureCRT's built-in help. It pauses script execution for the specified number of milliseconds.
• In Python, the statement crt.Screen.Send("reload" + chr(13)) can also be represented like this: crt.Screen.Send("reload\r")
• crt.Screen.WaitForStrings() does not return a string value. So your comparison statement: if vWaitForStrings == a: ... is entirely bogus and won't ever be true.
• crt.Screen.WaitForStrings() takes as its parameter an array of strings. You're only passing in one single string value. You should be using crt.Screen.WaitForString() instead of WaitForStrings() in this scenario because you're only waiting for one single string value to be found.
• crt.Screen.WaitForString(a) won't return until the string value in variable 'a' is found. In which case there's no need for you to do any if... statement. Just send the "s" as needed.

Read through the guide I linked to earlier, and make the needed adjustments to your script.

If you require additional assistance, please provide more information about what is showing up on your screen from start to finish as your script is running, and include any error messages you might be seeing as a result of any python language syntax errors, etc.

--Jake