16.5.19.2 Defining a shell

Several shells are already defined in GPS: sh, bash, csh, tcsh and cmd.exe (Windows). It is possible to add other shells, using the node remote_shell_config.

The attributes for this node are:

name (string) (mandatory)

The name of the shell. This name does not necessarilly correspond to the command used to launch the shell.

The following children are defined:

start_command (mandatory)

The command used to launch the shell. If arguments are required, they should be put here, separated with spaces.

generic_prompt (optional)

The regular expression used to identify a prompt after the initial connection. If not set, a default value is used.

gps_prompt (mandatory)

The regular expression used to identify a prompt after the initial setup is performed. If not set, a default value is used.

filesystem (mandatory)

Takes the following values: unix or windows. This is the filesystem used by the shell.

init_commands (optional)

Complex child. Each cmd child contains a command used to initialise a new session.

exit_commands (optional)

Complex child. Each cmd child contains a command used to exit a session.

no_echo_command (optional)

Command used to suppress the echo of the remote shell.

cd_command (mandatory)

Command used to go to a directory. %d is replaced by the directory's full name.

get_status_command (mandatory)

Command used to retrieve the status of the last command launched.

get_status_ptrn (mandatory)

Regular expression used to retrieve the status returned by get_status_command. A pair of parenthesis is required, and identifies the status.