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From: les@MCS.COM (Leslie Mikesell)
Subject: Re: Telnet macro. Does it exist?
Date: 16 Jan 1999 14:23:53 -0600
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In article <77qrjs$4dn$1@newsmaster.cc.columbia.edu>,
Frank da Cruz <fdc@watsun.cc.columbia.edu> wrote:
>: Kermit from http://www.columbia.edu/kermit/ has a reasonable scripting
>: language that works the same with serial ports or telnet sessions.
>:
>Right. This is a better solution than expect combined with regular telnet,
>since it is self-contained, eliminating timing and coordination problems that
>might occur between the two local applications, on top of whatever might
>happen at the remote end.
It's too bad more people don't know about kermit these days... Have
you considered trying to work something out so RedHat could ship
a copy on their Linux distribution at least along with the
commercial app demos? I'd expect it to be a win in terms of
book sales in the long run.
Les Mikesell
les@mcs.com