/* * Copyright (C) 2022 Brian Evans * * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by * the Free Software Foundation, version 3 of the License. * * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the * GNU General Public License for more details. * * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License * along with this program. If not, see . */ // Package telnet provides a function that starts a telnet session in a subprocess. package telnet import ( "fmt" "os" "os/exec" "tildegit.org/sloum/bombadillo/cui" ) // StartSession starts a telnet session as a subprocess, connecting to the host // and port specified. Telnet is run interactively as a subprocess until the // process ends. It returns any errors from the telnet session. func StartSession(host string, port string) (string, error) { c := exec.Command("telnet", host, port) c.Stdin = os.Stdin c.Stdout = os.Stdout c.Stderr = os.Stderr // Clear the screen and position the cursor at the top left fmt.Print("\033[2J\033[0;0H") // Defer reset and reinit of the terminal to prevent any changes from // telnet carrying over to the client (or beyond...) defer func() { cui.Tput("reset") cui.InitTerm() }() err := c.Run() if err != nil { return "", fmt.Errorf("Telnet error response: %s", err.Error()) } return "Telnet session terminated", nil }