[net.wanted.sources] Tool To Capture UNIX Interactive Session Wanted

dennis@rlgvax.UUCP (Dennis Bednar) (11/18/85)

I would like a tool that captures the UNIX session.  For instance,

$ls file[1-3]
file1	file2
file3: not found

This tool would capture all input and output (including stderr) into
to one file, and be very useful for generating user documentation.

It would also be nice if the tool could highlight either stdin
or stdout+stderr, at the user's choice.   The highlighting could
be done by backspacing and over- strikes.  That is, in some manuals,
they say "you type the stuff which is bold/underlined, and the system
prints the rest".
-- 
Dennis Bednar	Computer Consoles Inc.	Reston VA	703-648-3300
{decvax,ihnp4,harpo,allegra}!seismo!rlgvax!dennis

dennis@rlgvax.UUCP (Dennis Bednar) (11/20/85)

Thanks to Lord Kahless and Keith Bostic for directly answering my request.
The consensus was that 4.X BSD script(1) does it.
Fortunately, we have it here.
That's what happens when I don't read my UNIX manuals. :-)


-- 
Dennis Bednar	Computer Consoles Inc.	Reston VA	703-648-3300
{decvax,ihnp4,harpo,allegra}!seismo!rlgvax!dennis

stu16@whuxl.UUCP (SMITH) (11/25/85)

> I would like a tool that captures the UNIX session.  For instance,


     There is such a tool in EXPTOOLS called hrdcpy which
makes a hard copy of crt I/O.

      hrdcpy records terminal transactions in the specified
file. This is particularly useful for recording CRT display
sessions, although it may be used with any terminal type. It
should be noted that hrdcpy increases the overhead of
terminal interactions; thus it should not be used
indiscriminately. 

       Contact Mike Veach at ihuxl!veach as he is the
provider of this tool. I believe he can be reached at
312-979-0440 (AT&T Bell Labs, Indian Hill, Ill.)
       Good luck


          
-- 
whuxl!stu16
(mamawitch)

pdg@ihdev.UUCP (P. D. Guthrie) (11/26/85)

In article <844@whuxl.UUCP> stu16@whuxl.UUCP (SMITH) writes:
>> I would like a tool that captures the UNIX session.  For instance,
>
>
>     There is such a tool in EXPTOOLS called hrdcpy which
>makes a hard copy of crt I/O.
>

I believe this is an instance of Bell Labs = the World :-}

For those unlucky people who do not have EXPTOOLS supported, try 
script(1).

				Paul Guthrie