The SAY directive allows the script to send strings to the user
at the terminal via standard error. If chat is being run by
pppd, and pppd is running as a daemon (detached from its
controlling terminal), standard error will normally be redirected
to the file /etc/ppp/connect-errors.
SAY strings must be enclosed in single or double quotes. If
carriage return and line feed are needed in the string to be
output, you must explicitly add them to your string.
The SAY strings could be used to give progress messages in
sections of the script where you want to have 'ECHO OFF' but
still let the user know what is happening. An example is:
ABORT BUSY
ECHO OFF
SAY "Dialling your ISP...\n"
'' ATDT5551212
TIMEOUT 120
SAY "Waiting up to 2 minutes for connection ... "
CONNECT ''
SAY "Connected, now logging in ...\n"
ogin: account
ssword: pass
$ \c
SAY "Logged in OK ...\n" etc ...
This sequence will only present the SAY strings to the user and
all the details of the script will remain hidden. For example, if
the above script works, the user will see:
Dialling your ISP...
Waiting up to 2 minutes for connection ... Connected, now
logging in ...
Logged in OK ...
