stty echo in ash

michael.miller at prga.com michael.miller at prga.com
Wed Aug 2 16:31:45 UTC 2006


>On Wed, Aug 02, 2006 at 11:09AM, Rich Felker wrote:

> On Wed, Aug 02, 2006 at 11:28:22AM -0400, Rob Landley wrote:
> > On Wednesday 02 August 2006 8:57 am, Paul Fox wrote:
.> >  >
.> >  > Also, is there a reason you're using expect to control the remote
.> >  > machine? That's a pretty odd setup to begin with..
.> >
.> > you're the second person to say this.
.>
.> No, he just said it twice.
>
>Yes. :)
>
> > > why is this odd?  isn't that what expect is for?
> >
> > Pretty much, yeah.
>
>Well, I would maybe use it for controlling a modem dial procedure or
>old-style isp login or such, but I can't imagine using expect to
>interact with a real shell. Not that it can't be done, but wouldn't
>running a script make more sense?
>
>Rich

I use it with GCC's testsuite on a PXA platform.  After you get it set up with a chroot jail it not only works but makes more sense than attempting a script, since execution is being controlled remotely.
 
Mike
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