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tcl on linux,, problem with "exec su"
macd68, thanks very much mate. i really appriciate your effort. -
tcl on linux,, problem with "exec su"
Anything would be useful mate. Many thanks. -
tcl on linux,, problem with "exec su"
macd68, on the note of bad design..i agree. i am working with code written by someone else so cant really do much. could you elaborate your solution a bit please. -
tcl on linux,, problem with "exec su"
macd68, thanks very much. i had tried 'spawn' before, which works. but the problem is, because of the way in which code is written, using spawn is not possible. i'll have to do massive changes in the code. is there any way to change to root user without spawning? or, (this migh not entirely be... -
tcl on linux,, problem with "exec su"
i m new to tcl. running a script on a linux machine and have got this code in my script exec su expect{ -re "ssword:"{ send "password\r" } } the script hangs when it gets to this block of code. ive tried putting an "interact" after "exec su" but get a message that cant interact...
