Date: Sat, 12 Aug 2000 07:57:06 -0400 From: "Otter" <otterr@telocity.com> To: "De la Cruz Lugo Eric" <eric@iteso.mx>, <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: RE: Serial communication related question. Message-ID: <NIEJLGLKBDJHNLKBAKPDMENGCCAA.otterr@telocity.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0008111230210.38418-100000@iteso.mx>
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> -----Original Message----- > From: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG > [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG]On Behalf Of De > la Cruz Lugo > Eric > Sent: Friday, August 11, 2000 1:33 PM > To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG > Subject: Serial communication related question. > > > A friend of mine ask me for information about programs or > code in Unix > that let him send plain text to a serial port /dev/ttyS0 for example > and read plain text also from that port and save it into a > text file. > > this can be done with a Shell script?, o a small c program? > he is working right now on FreeBSD 4.0, there is any port > he shoul use? > > thanks in advance for your help! > > Eric De La Cruz Lugo > Merida, Yucatan, Mexico, The MayaLand. > I got one of the guys at work to try out expect (/usr/ports/lang/expect). He was able to send plain text to the serial port, but I'm not sure how receiving would work. IIRC, the expect in ports is an older version and there is a newer version available for a fee, with more features. -Otter To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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