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diff --git a/man/clogin.1 b/man/clogin.1 index d257a5f..a888d99 100644 --- a/man/clogin.1 +++ b/man/clogin.1 @@ -49,16 +49,23 @@ router .B clogin is an .BR expect (1) -script to automate the process of logging into a Cisco router, catalyst -switch, Extreme switch, or Redback router. There are complementary scripts -for Alteon, Bay Networks (nortel), Juniper, Foundry, and ADC-kentrox EZ-T3 mux -named +script to automate the process of logging into a Cisco router, +catalyst switch, Extreme switch, or Redback router. There are +complementary scripts for +Alteon, +Bay Networks (nortel), +ADC-kentrox EZ-T3 mux, +Foundry, +HP Procurve Switches, +and Juniper, +named .B alogin, .B blogin, -.B jlogin, +.B elogin, .B flogin, +.B hlogin, and -.B elogin, +.B jlogin, respectively. .PP .B clogin @@ -202,5 +209,16 @@ configuration file. .SH "SEE ALSO" .BR cloginrc (5), .BR expect (1) +.SH CAVEATS +The HP Procurve switches that are Foundry OEMs use flogin, not hlogin. .SH BUGS All these login scripts for separate devices should be rolled into one. +.PP +The HP Procurve switch CLI relies heavily upon curses based cursor/screen +manipulation and assumes a vt100 terminal type. They do not provide a way +to set a different terminal type or adjust this behavior. The resulting +escape codes make automating interaction with these devices very difficult +or impossible. Therefore, bin/hpfilter is used by hlogin to filter these. +While this works for rancid's collection, there are side effects for +interactive logins via hlogin; most of which are formatting annoyances that +may be remedied by hitting CTRL-R to reprint the current line. |