raymond, regarding expect.py which you give a link to: - expect.py is extremely basic, offering pretty much only read and write. what it _actually_ offers is an advantage over the python distribution's popen2/3 because it catches ptys (stdin) even on ssh and passwd. - expectlib.py [new] _is_ telnetlib.py [old] - with over-rideable read, write, open and close methods. - pexpect is like... an independently developed version of the above, with all of the above functionality And Then Some - including an ANSI screen emulator should an application developer choose to use it. what i figure is a sensible roadmap to suggest / propose to people: - telnetlib.py [old] gets split into telnetlib.py [patched] plus expectlib.py [patched]. - noah investigates expectlib.py and a) works some magic on it b) uses it in pexpect. - someone independently investigates expect.py's popen2 c-code capability to see if it can be merged into the python distribution. i do not know if it is a "bug" that python's popen functions cannot capture ssh / passwd but it would certainly appear to be sensible to have an option to allow ALL user input to be captured. certainly i found it a total pain two years ago to have to patch ssh to allow a user password to be accepted on the command-line! [i didn't know about expect.py then] last time i spoke to guido about the telnetlib.py/expectlib.py patch, he a) wasn't so madly busy as he is now, b) rejected the then-patch because it wasn't clean c) acknowledged that telnetlib.py is a mess and needed a complete rewrite. since that time, i notice that telnetlib.py has had a control-char handling function, which alleviates some of the need for a complete rewrite. l. On Tue, May 13, 2003 at 10:57:40PM +0000, Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton wrote: > [i am not on the python-dev list but i check the archives, please cc me] > > approximately two years ago i needed the functionality outlined > in the present telnetlib.py for several other remote protocols, > most notably commands (including ssh and bash) and also HTTP. > > i figure that this functionality should be more than invaluable > to other python developers.
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