Sang kim <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes on Mon, 27 Mar 2000 14:13:45 -0500
>> What is exactly expect or kermit?
>> Is it just another type of shell?
>> Is it available for all platform?
kermit is a venerable file transfer program whose roots go back about
twenty years. expect is a language for automatic interactive scripts;
it is about 10 years old. Here are pointers to recent books:
@String{pub-DP = "Digital Press"}
@String{pub-DP:adr = "12 Crosby Drive, Bedford, MA 01730, USA"}
@Book{daCruz:1997:UCK,
author = "Frank {da Cruz} and Christine M. Gianone",
title = "Using {C-Kermit}",
publisher = pub-DP,
address = pub-DP:adr,
edition = "Second",
pages = "xxii + 662",
year = "1997",
ISBN = "1-55558-164-1",
LCCN = "TK5105.9.D33 1997",
bibdate = "Thu Jan 13 14:33:16 2000",
}
@String{pub-ORA = "O'Reilly \& {Associates, Inc.}"}
@String{pub-ORA:adr = "981 Chestnut Street, Newton, MA 02164, USA"}
@Book{Libes:1994:EET,
author = "Don Libes",
title = "Exploring Expect: {A Tcl}-based Toolkit for Automating
Interactive Programs",
publisher = pub-ORA,
address = pub-ORA:adr,
pages = "xxxiii + 566",
month = dec,
year = "1994",
ISBN = "1-56592-090-2",
LCCN = "QA76.755 .L52 1995",
bibdate = "Sat Dec 02 17:04:17 1995",
bibsource = "ftp://ftp.ora.com/pub/book.catalog",
price = "US\$29.95",
URL = "http://www.ora.com/gnn/bus/ora/item/expect.html",
acknowledgement = ack-nhfb,
}
Both of these are highly portable programs.
kermit is available from the Kermit Project at Columbia University:
http://www.columbia.edu/kermit/
expect is available from:
http://expect.nist.gov
ftp://ftp.nist.gov/mel/div826/subject/expect
ftp://ftp.scriptics.com/pub/tcl/expect/
expect is a fundamental component of the Tcl/Tk distribution, and is
normally built along with those two packages:
http://www.scriptics.com/
ftp://ftp.scriptics.com/pub/tcl
>> Where can I find more info on compiling with ncurses?
ftp://ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu/ncurses/
http://www.gnu.org/software/ncurses/ncurses.html
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