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diff --git a/system/picocom/README b/system/picocom/README new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..83703c03cd --- /dev/null +++ b/system/picocom/README @@ -0,0 +1,21 @@ +picocom is a minimal dumb-terminal emulation program. It is, in principle, +very much like minicom, only it's pico instead of mini! + +Picocom was designed to serve as a simple, manual, modem configuration, +testing, and debugging tool. It has also served (quite well) as a low-tech +"terminal-window" to allow operator + intervention in PPP connection scripts (something like the ms-windows + "open terminal window before / after dialing" feature). +It could also prove useful in many other similar tasks. + +Picocom is ideal for embedded systems since its memory footprint is minimal +(less than 20K, when stripped). + +Apart from being a handy little tool, picocom source distribution includes +a simple, easy to use, and thoroughly documented + terminal-management library, which could serve other projects as well. +This library hides the termios(3) calls, and provides a less complex and +safer (though certainly less feature-rich) interface. + +Picocom runs on Linux, and with minor modifications it could run on any +Unix system with the termios(3) library. |