From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 5129 invoked from network); 5 Jun 2004 23:13:20 -0000 Received: from thor.dotsrc.org (HELO a.mx.sunsite.dk) (130.225.247.86) by ns1.primenet.com.au with SMTP; 5 Jun 2004 23:13:20 -0000 Received: (qmail 30720 invoked from network); 5 Jun 2004 23:12:40 -0000 Received: from sunsite.dk (130.225.247.90) by a.mx.sunsite.dk with SMTP; 5 Jun 2004 23:12:40 -0000 Received: (qmail 20440 invoked by alias); 5 Jun 2004 23:12:29 -0000 Mailing-List: contact zsh-users-help@sunsite.dk; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk X-No-Archive: yes X-Seq: 7490 Received: (qmail 20430 invoked from network); 5 Jun 2004 23:12:29 -0000 Received: from thor.dotsrc.org (HELO a.mx.sunsite.dk) (qmailr@130.225.247.86) by sunsite.dk with SMTP; 5 Jun 2004 23:12:26 -0000 Received: (qmail 30035 invoked from network); 5 Jun 2004 23:12:25 -0000 Received: from cmailg2.svr.pol.co.uk (195.92.195.172) by a.mx.sunsite.dk with SMTP; 5 Jun 2004 23:12:23 -0000 Received: from modem-230.heniochus.dialup.pol.co.uk ([62.137.26.230] helo=pwstephenson.fsnet.co.uk) by cmailg2.svr.pol.co.uk with esmtp (Exim 4.14) id 1BWkKs-0001VS-3S; Sun, 06 Jun 2004 00:12:22 +0100 Received: by pwstephenson.fsnet.co.uk (Postfix, from userid 501) id C067A8649; Sat, 5 Jun 2004 19:18:41 -0400 (EDT) Received: from pwstephenson.fsnet.co.uk (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pwstephenson.fsnet.co.uk (Postfix) with ESMTP id A671D8646; Sun, 6 Jun 2004 00:18:41 +0100 (BST) To: Juhapekka Tolvanen Cc: zsh-users mailing list Subject: Re: /dev/tcp support of zsh? In-reply-to: "Juhapekka Tolvanen"'s message of "Sat, 05 Jun 2004 16:02:54 +0300." <20040605130254.GA26698@heresy.ainola.jyu.fi> Date: Sun, 06 Jun 2004 00:18:40 +0100 From: Peter Stephenson Message-Id: <20040605231841.C067A8649@pwstephenson.fsnet.co.uk> X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.63 on a.mx.sunsite.dk X-Spam-Level: * X-Spam-Status: No, hits=1.5 required=6.0 tests=BAYES_50,RCVD_IN_SORBS autolearn=no version=2.63 X-Spam-Hits: 1.5 Juhapekka Tolvanen wrote: > So, what developers of zsh are going to do? Or is that /dev/tcp support > in zsh already? Zsh 4.2 does this with a builtin (ztcp) in a loadable module (zsh/net/tcp) and has a function suite built around it (man zshtcpsys), which even has (vaguely) expect-style input handling. Faking a system device wasn't a great way of doing this. -- Peter Stephenson Work: pws@csr.com Web: http://www.pwstephenson.fsnet.co.uk