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author | noah <noah@656d521f-e311-0410-88e0-e7920216d269> | 2003-03-12 09:45:48 +0000 |
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committer | noah <noah@656d521f-e311-0410-88e0-e7920216d269> | 2003-03-12 09:45:48 +0000 |
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Changed wording of the readme.
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diff --git a/pexpect/README.txt b/pexpect/README.txt index e6dac00..7b7bf0a 100644 --- a/pexpect/README.txt +++ b/pexpect/README.txt @@ -1,32 +1,24 @@ Pexpect -a Pure Python "Expect like" module +a Pure Python Expect-like module -To work with this CVS repository you should source the cvs.conf file. - . ./cvs.conf +Pexpect makes Python a better tool for controlling other applications. -The purpose of the Pexpect module is to make Python be a better glue. +Pexpect is a pure Python module for spawning child applications; controlling +them; and responding to expected patterns in their output. Pexpect works like +Don Libes' Expect. Pexpect allows your script to spawn a child application and +control it as if a human were typing commands. -Pexpect works like Don Libes' Expect. Use Pexpect when you want to -control another application. It allows you to start a child -application and have your script control it as if a human were -typing commands. - -Pexpect is a Python module for spawning child applications; -controlling them; and responding to expected patterns in their -output. Pexpect can be used for automating interactive applications -such as ssh, ftp, passwd, telnet, etc. It can be used to a automate -setup scripts for duplicating software package installations on -different servers. It can be used for automated software testing. -Pexpect is in the spirit of Don Libes' Expect, but Pexpect is pure -Python. Other Expect-like modules for Python require TCL and Expect -or require C extensions to be compiled. Pexpect does not use C, -Expect, or TCL extensions. It should work on any platform that -supports the standard Python pty module. The Pexpect interface was -designed to be easy to use so that simple tasks are easy. +Pexpect can be used for automating interactive applications such as ssh, ftp, +passwd, telnet, etc. It can be used to a automate setup scripts for +duplicating software package installations on different servers. It can be +used for automated software testing. Pexpect is in the spirit of Don Libes' +Expect, but Pexpect is pure Python. Unlike other Expect-like modules for +Python, Pexpect does not require TCL or Expect nor does it require C +extensions to be compiled. It should work on any platform that supports the +standard Python pty module. The Pexpect interface was designed to be easy to use. License: Python Software Foundation License Noah Spurrier http://pexpect.sourceforge.net/ - |