Run applications under pseudo-terminal (PTY) sessions
empty - run applications under pseudo-terminal (PTY) sessions to dialogue with interactive programs. Replace TCL/Expect with a simple tool and use your favorite shell (sh, bash, csh, tcsh, ksh, zsh, etc)
The project supplies a template or skeleton for mainly batch processsing applications which make use of the korn Shell (ksh / pdksh), Perl and other executables (see docs). Functionality @ shell/Perl level: logging, sending email to the support, ...