"funkyj" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I love pexpect because it means I may never have to use expect again (I > don't do any heavy expect lifting -- I just need simple tty control)! > > As a python advocate I find it embarassing how difficult it is do the > following in python (without pexpect): > > - logon to a remote system using ssh > - do an 'ls' and exit the remote shell > - print the output from the remote shell session. > > pexpect, of course, makes this childs play (see the pexpect sshls.py > example for one way to do this). > > I'm surprised that, as useful as pexpect is, it has not been included > in the standard python library. How can we get this wonderful package > in the standard library? > > TANGENT: it would be nice if python included a standard "tarfile > install" program to make installing 3rd party packages like pexpect > easier. > > bash $ pinstall_tarfile foo-pkg.tgz > > This install program would > + look at your sys.path for a suitable install directory > + check for appropriate directory permissions > + check whether the tarfile extracts to the CWD or a subdir > (the rest of the script is adjusted accordingly -- assume subdir > behavior). > + tell the user where you plan to install the package. confirm > that this is OK. > + extract the tarfile and create/update the foo.pth file. > > Perhaps such an install script is already in the standard python > library and I just haven't stumbled across it?
any special reason why pexpect cannot ship with a standard distutils setup.py file (or even egg support) ? </F> -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
