[BusyBox] Scriptable telnet?

[Csaba Henk]

On Wed, 7 Jan 2004, Wolfgang Denk wrote:

> In message <Pine.GSO.4.56.0401070004210.21101 at hexagon.renyi.hu> you wrote:
> >
> > > Use expect.
> >
> > Hm, I think I will wait with applying your advice... until busybox will
> > have an expect applet :)
>
> Yiu can use an axternal executable.
>
> > Why do you think that a system the telnet client of which is the one of
> > busybox, is capable of storing and running expect?
>
> First, it was not clear where the scripting should happen.
>
> Second, there are many configurations of systems based on BB  -  from
> very  small  ones  whith  extrem memory limitations to huge ones with
> hundreds of gigabytes of storage capacity.

Yep, maybe I'm the one who doesn't fully utilize the capabilities of
busybox. But you can see that "use expect" can't be an overall answer --
there are situations when it's not possible/optimal.