alternatives to minicom

[bl0wfish]

	Most linux releases come with 'dip'.
	Pretty neat little program.

>
> Hey guys,
>
> I really appreciate the advice, but I am not doing a PPP
> connection.  I am just dialing into a unix box (HPux) at one of
> my Libraries sites.  Its not on the Internet, but I can dial
> into it via modem and dumb terminal protocol (vt100).
>
> It looks like diald is specifically for PPP connections.
>
> I'll try Kermit.
>
>
>
> ______________________________________________________________________
> Mark Szidik
> System Administrator           Ph: 517.694.4242 x17  Fax: 517.694.9303
> Michigan Library Consortium    http://www.mlc.lib.mi.us
>
> On Thu, 14 Jun 2001 Paul_Melson@keykertusa.com wrote:
>
> > >Anybody able to recommend alternatives to Minicom?  I cant seem
> > >to get it to work in a cron job.
> > >
> > >I have an expect script to dial out and do a bunch of stuff on
> > >another system.  It works fine when I run the script from the
> > >command line, but I get an error when it runs under cron:
> > >
> > >spawn minicom
> > >No cursor motion capability (cm)
> > >
> > >Can minicom be run via cron?  If not, what other dialer programs
> > >for Linux can I use?
> >
> > Seyon and microcom (http://microcom.port5.com/) are both decent
> > replacements for minicom with scripting tools, but from what you describe,
> > you're probably better off using diald or chat to do what you've been
> > doing.  `chat` just reads a script file which is alternating send/expect
> > strings.
> >
> > PaulM
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