Ports and Processes

Right now there are three types of ports: console ports, tcp ports, and process ports. Ports are like strings in that you can use get, match, and regex-match to retrieve characters from the port. You can also send characters to a port using put.

Tcp Ports Tcp specific calls

Process Ports Process specific calls

tint.shell Execute a command using the shell

tint.console Create a console port

port.get Get characters from a port

port.match Scan a port for a match

port.regex-match Scan a port for a regular expression match

port.put Send character to a port

port.close Close a port

port.type Get the type of a port

port.extra Get any extra information about a port