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diff --git a/man/clogin.1 b/man/clogin.1 index 021b90d..53f1971 100644 --- a/man/clogin.1 +++ b/man/clogin.1 @@ -262,15 +262,17 @@ when the device is ready for the next command. All these login scripts for separate devices should be rolled into one. This goal is exceedingly difficult. .PP -The HP Procurve switch CLI relies heavily upon curses for 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. Thus bin/hpuifilter, which must be found in the user's PATH, -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 typing CTRL-R to reprint the -current line. +The HP Procurve switch and Cisco AGM CLIs rely heavily upon terminal escape +codes for 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. +Thus bin/hpuifilter, which must be found in the user's PATH, is used by +hlogin to filter these escape sequences. +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 typing CTRL-R to reprint the current line. .PP WARNING: repeated ssh login failures to HP Procurves cause the switch's management interface to lock-up (this includes snmp, ping) and sometimes |