I've long wanted something in the Windows environment that behaves like the classic Unix "script" command, and I've managed to do so using the ActiveState perl. (MKS perl doesn't work, and I don't know about other Windows-platform versions of perl.) It doesn't have as many features as the Unix script, but it's better than what is otherwise available. (Yes, I do know about U/Win, but that doesn't suit my company's needs.)
The set of routines that I use to implement it can also be used by other Perl scripts, and in fact I created the routines as part of an automation effort. I want to turn them into a module, and if my company approves I'll contribute it to CPAN. "Interact" would seem to be an appropriate name, but I find it hard to believe that no-one has yet appropriated it, given that Expect supports an 'interact' function. Is there an "interact" module anywhere in CPAN? I've looked and haven't found one, but perhaps I haven't looked in the right places. If "interact" hasn't yet been used, is there some way I can reserve it? TIA Howard Siegel
