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From: peter@ficc.ferranti.com (Peter da Silva)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.shell
Subject: Re: What is 'expect'
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Date: 20 Nov 90 23:48:54 GMT
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In article <7316:Nov1408:33:0390@kramden.acf.nyu.edu> brnstnd@kramden.acf.nyu.edu (Dan Bernstein) writes:
> Most ``interactive'' programs demand to talk to a tty; you'll have to
> use a tool like pty (comp.sources.unix volume 23, or ftp 128.122.128.22)
> to make them behave. But replacing ``telnet'' with ``pty telnet'' is a
> lot simpler than learning a new language for automation.

Of course TCL is a whole lot more portable than Perl or PTY. I can run
TCL on Xenix-286, with no PTY drivers and a compiler that gets the dry
heaves when faced with Perl.
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