empty-0.6.18b -- run applications under pseudo-terminal (PTY) sessions and
replace TCL/Expect with a simple tool under your favorite shell (sh, bash,
csh, tcsh, ksh, zsh, etc)

WARNING!
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This version of the software has BUGS, so be careful and use it on you own risk!
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INSTALLATION
	for all known *BSD systems and Linux run:
		make all
		make install clean

	on all other *UNIX try:
		    make `uname -s` install clean
		or
		    make `uname -s`-gcc install clean

	This will compile and place empty with its manual page under 
	/usr/local tree.

	Empty was succesfully compiled and tested on:
		FreeBSD 5.x - 7.x
		NetBSD 1.6.2, 2.0
		OpenBSD 3.3, 3.8, 4.1 
		Linux 2.4.x, 2.6.x kernels (32 and 64bits)
		SCO UnixWare 7.1.1, OpenUnix 8.0.0
		SUN Solaris 6-10 (Sparc: cc, gcc), 8 (i386: gcc)
		HP-UX 11.00, 11.11, 11.23 (pa-risc, itanium)
		Cygwin DLL-1.5.19-4 (Experimental)
		OSF1 4.0, 5.1
		AIX 4.3, 5.1, 5.2, 5.3
		

USAGE
	See empty(1) manual and samples under examples/ directory.


BUGS
	Please, send all your reports, patches and suggestions to 
	zmey20000@yahoo.com. Developers are welcome.

THANKS TO
	Aleksey Kozlov <avtolik@newmail.ru>
	Alexey Rudometov <rudometov@u-systems.ru>
	Alex Slyotov <aslyotov@gmail.com>
	Bernd Schuller
	David Hofstee <davidh@blinker.nl>
	Dennis Schridde
	Dmitry S. Vlasov <vlasov@quantum.ru>
	Elisender <allex_9@ngs.ru>
	Lang Qiu <qiulang@gmail.com>
	Roman Gorohov <idle@idle.org.ru>
	sdio <sdio4lor @ gmail.com>
	Sergey Redin <sergey@redin.info>
	Sergey V <flexdsl@mail.ru>
	Sergey Yaroshevsky <astraserg@proc.ru>
	Sylvain DEGUT <sylvain.degut@neuf.fr>
	Vincenzo Maggio <vince.maggio@gmail.com>

	I express deep gratitude to Hewlett Packard AO Russia and personnaly to
	Denis Karzhavin and Andrew Kuchinsky for C110 (9000/777) workstation

July 27, 2009
Mikhail Zakharov
zmey20000@yahoo.com

