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@@ -2,11 +2,28 @@ from distutils.core import setup from pexpect import __version__ +long_description = """ +Pexpect is a pure Python module for spawning child applications; controlling +them; and responding to expected patterns in their output. Pexpect works like +Don Libes' Expect. Pexpect allows your script to spawn a child application and +control it as if a human were typing commands. + +Pexpect can be used for automating interactive applications such as ssh, ftp, +passwd, telnet, etc. It can be used to a automate setup scripts for duplicating +software package installations on different servers. It can be used for +automated software testing. Pexpect is in the spirit of Don Libes' Expect, but +Pexpect is pure Python. Unlike other Expect-like modules for Python, Pexpect +does not require TCL or Expect nor does it require C extensions to be compiled. +It should work on any platform that supports the standard Python pty module. +The Pexpect interface was designed to be easy to use. +""" + setup (name='pexpect', version=__version__, py_modules=['pxssh', 'fdpexpect', 'FSM', 'screen', 'ANSI'], packages=['pexpect'], description='Pexpect allows easy control of interactive console applications.', + long_description=long_description, author='Noah Spurrier; Thomas Kluyver; Jeff Quast', author_email='noah@noah.org; thomas@kluyver.me.uk; contact@jeffquast.com', url='http://pexpect.readthedocs.org/', |