hi All, I am trying to do below and I am stuck I would appreciate your help. 1. Telnet run script 1 (this should be run without time out) 2. Telnet and run script 2. 3. Telnet and stop script 1 upon successful completion of step 2. currently with the code I got..... when I do step 1.....since I do not specify the timeout it is just stuck or when I specify the time out it times out and never get to run the second step. Please give me some ideas. I tried to run the 1 step script in background but then when the telnet session end and goes to the step 2 1 script dies as telnet session has ended... -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.