Re: [Expectperl-discuss] Perl, Expect under the Win2k.

[Roland G. <RGI...@cp...>]

ab...@en... wrote:

> If anybody using Perl & Expect.pm under the Win2k, could you please give me recommendations on:
> 1. Which Perl to install :   Active Perl, CygWin .....
> 2. Any specifics on Expect.pm for Win2k?


Expect (more specific: IO-Tty) uses pseudo-terminals, which are only 
available under CygWin, so that should answer the first question.

Apart from that, no, there are no specifics for Win2k that I know of, 
simply because there is only marginal reason to use Expect on Windows. 
You see, apart from telnet (try Net::Telnet instead) there are only a 
few command-line programs on Win2k, so what do you actually want to 
control with Expect?  Sure, Cygwin provides a lot of standard unix 
tools, but then, why moving to Win2k in the first place?

Sorry if this seems like a rant, but you are probably better off if you 
install Linux on those PCs...

Roland
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