Den 29. nov. 2011 06:03, skrev Michael Mol:
On Mon, Nov 28, 2011 at 11:33 PM, Pandu Poluan<pa...@poluan.info> wrote:
Just wondering if anyone here ever use Tcl for scripting (i.e., automating
repetitive procedures) or even *gasp* serious programming.
Not me, but Tcl is one of the best-represented langauges on the site I run.
I use it for small stuff (with expect) regarding keeping my cheap
consumer-grade routers/switches running. Those things usually have
either a telnet or ssh interface that allows me to
monitor/configure/reboot, but they are usually too ficle to be
programmed in any predictable way. Muddle through a problem manually,
and record the solution in an expect script to keep until next time.
Over the years I have accumulated several that are stable enough to run
unattended. Last couple of times that my most troublesome wifi-box got
alzheimers, it got rebooted automatically. Dynamic DNS (10+ hostnames)
and ADSL rebooting happens within 5 minutes of my ISP deciding to do
something weird. expectk brings a semblance of sanity.
No serious programming though. Did use exmh as my main mailclient until
~9 years ago. It is still being developed, look into that if you want an
example of Tcl in a largeish project.
