Help file for !Telnet ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Application : Telnet Purpose : A command line telnet program Version : 0.02 Author : Leo White Date : Thu 22nd January 1998 © Leo White, 1998 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Telnet is a simple command line telnet program. It can be used to connect to unix machines, chat daemons, MUDs etc. The only telnet option it supports is 'echoing', and runs in a char-by-char mode. Hopefully later versions will support more telnet options. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Usage: telnet can be run in the following way telnet or telnet : If telnet is run with no arguments then it will prompt for a hostname to connect to. Hostname can either be the textual host name "your.hostname.com" or can be the equivalent IP number "123.456.789.1". If the port number if not specified then the default telnet port number is used (23) Also if the hostname is "0", then telnet will attempt to connect to "localhost". -------------------------------------------------------------------- Things To Do ~~~~~~~~~~~~ -Support more of the telnet options -Add the ability to switch between linemode and char-by-char mode. -Allow the user to 'escape' out to a 'telnet>' promopt -------------------------------------------------------------------- Program History ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Version 0.01 ~~~~~~~~~~~~ Hostname lookup and connection. Only seems to want to connect to MUDs and chat daemons. But not to 'proper' telnet daemons. Ran in linemode. Runs happily in a taskwindow. Version 0.02 Thu 22nd January 1998 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Fixed a small bug which allowed telnet to connect to 'proper' unix telnet daemons. Switched to running in char-by-char mode as this works better on unix machines. ---------------------------------------------------------------- Disclaimer ~~~~~~~~~~ This software is provided as is. The author cannot take responsibility for any loss of data or any other problems consequent upon the use of this program. ---------------------------------------------------------------- Conditions of Use ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ This software is freeware. It may be freely distributed as long as no money is exchanged, apart from cost of distribution i.e. cost of discs, and that all the original files are included. ---------------------------------------------------------------- Updates and Listing Files ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ You can get the latest version of telnet from my web page at http://www.ukc.ac.uk/php/lptw1 or at http://www.brighteyes.u-net.com ---------------------------------------------------------------- Contacting The Author ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ If you wish to contact me, e.g. to tell me about any bugs, improvements etc. Or if you just want to send me large amounts of money :) (Well you never know), then you can use the following methods. email : lptw1@ukc.ac.uk (Should be valid for a few more years yet) lptw1@brighteyes.u-net.com or send mail to L P T White 208 New Road West Parley Ferndown Dorset BH22 8EN Any mail arriving here will be sent on to me at University. So could take quite some time to reach me.