X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org
Date: Fri, 24 Feb 2006 10:37:51 -0500 (EST)
From: Igor Peshansky <pechtcha AT cs DOT nyu DOT edu>
Reply-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
To: Jim Easton <jim AT cs DOT ualberta DOT ca>
cc: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
Subject: Re: script in cygwin
In-Reply-To: <S559668AbWBXJZI/20060224092512Z+137@sunkay.cs.ualberta.ca>
Message-ID: <Pine.GSO.4.63.0602241034580.18478@access1.cims.nyu.edu>
References: <S559668AbWBXJZI/20060224092512Z+137 AT sunkay DOT cs DOT ualberta DOT ca>
MIME-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII
Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT cygwin DOT com; run by ezmlm
Precedence: bulk
List-Unsubscribe: <mailto:cygwin-unsubscribe-archive-cygwin=delorie DOT com AT cygwin DOT com>
List-Subscribe: <mailto:cygwin-subscribe AT cygwin DOT com>
List-Archive: <http://sourceware.org/ml/cygwin/>
List-Post: <mailto:cygwin AT cygwin DOT com>
List-Help: <mailto:cygwin-help AT cygwin DOT com>, <http://sourceware.org/ml/#faqs>
Sender: cygwin-owner AT cygwin DOT com
Mail-Followup-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin AT cygwin DOT com

On Fri, 24 Feb 2006, Jim Easton wrote:

> Hi,
>
> On Thu, 23 Feb 2006 Igor Peshansky wrote:
> > On Wed, 22 Feb 2006, Jim Easton wrote:
> >
> > > Does cygwin have a program called "script".  It is a program
> > > which records terminal traffic in a file.
> > > ...
>
> > ...
> > IIRC, "script" is available on cygwin-ports[*], but note that cygwin-ports
> > has its own support list.  Yaakov did say that he'd be ok with someone
> > else proposing to maintain it -- are you willing?
> > 	Igor
>
> Who? Me?  Seriously, I could probably handle the code alright but I
> don't know enough about what you guys are about to fit in properly.

<http://cygwin.com/setup.html>

> eg. What does IIRC mean,

<http://cygwin.com/acronyms/#IIRC>

> how many versions are there,

Let's start with the one on cygwin-ports.

> who's version is considered acceptable,

According to what CGF said, the one on cygwin-ports.

> where would I find the source etc.?

On cygwin-ports... :-)

> I need to learn more about your world before stepping into it. :-)

Heh, I thought stepping into it first was all the fun... ;-)
In any case, <http://cygwin.com/setup.html> should have everything to get
you started.  See also <http://cygwin.com/acronyms/#ITP>.

> 	Jim
>
> > [*] See, e.g., <http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin-apps/2004-08/msg00009.html>

If you decide to do this, the folks on cygwin-apps are generally very
helpful to new maintainers.

HTH,
	Igor
-- 
				http://cs.nyu.edu/~pechtcha/
      |\      _,,,---,,_	    pechtcha AT cs DOT nyu DOT edu | igor AT watson DOT ibm DOT com
ZZZzz /,`.-'`'    -.  ;-;;,_		Igor Peshansky, Ph.D. (name changed!)
     |,4-  ) )-,_. ,\ (  `'-'		old name: Igor Pechtchanski
    '---''(_/--'  `-'\_) fL	a.k.a JaguaR-R-R-r-r-r-.-.-.  Meow!

"Las! je suis sot... -Mais non, tu ne l'es pas, puisque tu t'en rends compte."
"But no -- you are no fool; you call yourself a fool, there's proof enough in
that!" -- Rostand, "Cyrano de Bergerac"

--
Unsubscribe info:      http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple
Problem reports:       http://cygwin.com/problems.html
Documentation:         http://cygwin.com/docs.html
FAQ:                   http://cygwin.com/faq/