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diff --git a/sysutils/cotty/pkg-descr b/sysutils/cotty/pkg-descr new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..19f2c95e211c --- /dev/null +++ b/sysutils/cotty/pkg-descr @@ -0,0 +1,10 @@ +Simple command-line pseudo terminal manager: +allows to run coprocesses talking to each other thru their tty and/or pty. + +Most useful to drive from scripts programs that want a tty, as in + cotty -d -- pppd silent 192.168.0.1:192.168.0.2 \ + -- ssh -t root@remote pppd +This particular use has been obsoleted under Linux +(but probably not under the various free BSDs and proprietary Unices), +as it can be done without cotty with + pppd pty 'ssh -t root@remote pppd' silent 192.168.0.1:192.168.0.2 |