Hi all

Need some pointers and references on creating a router like CLI framework for an appliance that runs on Linux.

Any info on this will be appreciated

Thx

Could you please be a little more specific on exactly what you're looking for?

What I am looking for is to creat a set of CLI's on an appliance running in Linux.

For ex. a CLI to configure the ip address..

what i need to know is how to do this and are there any references that I can use.

OK -

1. So by "CLI", you mean "command line interface"...

2. ... and by "appliance", you mean some turnkey product which, out-of-the-box, combines hardware and software to provide some specific functionality...

3. ... and you want the product to run under Linux (although, presumably, Linux would not be visible to the end-user of this product).

It doesn't sound like there's any particular programming question here, but I'd recommend looking at this book:

Building Embedded Systems with Linux, Karim Yaghmour, O'Reilly
http://www.bookpool.com/ss?qs=buildi...+Linux&x=0&y=0

At the highest level, it gives you an excellent overview of what kinds of options you have, and what kinds of issues you're likely to deal with, in the course of designing and implementing ANY Linux-based system. At the "micro" level, it gives you many excellent pointers on setting up tool chains, system bootstrapping, error logging and recovery strategies, etc etc. It also has perhaps the most comprehensible discussion of Open Source licensing you'll find anywhere.

Please let me know whether or not I've addressed your actual question.

Your .. PSM

Thanks PSM.. that was helpful. I just have one more related query.

How do I setup access to my command line interface through the serial port of the box.

Thanks

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