Anybody using Expect

[tmpalaniselvam]

Hi!
I have downloaded below links.
Expect 5.21 - Setup
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ftp://bmrc.berkeley.edu/pub/winnt/tcltk/expect/expect-5.21r1b1-setup.exe

Expect 5.21 - Source Code
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ftp://bmrc.berkeley.edu/pub/winnt/tcltk/expect/expect-src-5.21r1b1.zip

I installed setup. I don't know how to work on expect..
Anybody initiate my expect learning.........
Thanks and Regards,
Palani.
mail to: tmpalaniselvam@yahoo.com

 

[marsd]

A couple of things I guess.

1) The win port of expect for NT is badly broken
according to the current developer, so I would not attempt to use it on an NT machine unless you really need to.

2) Expect is a subset of tcl that brings additional
functionality through added command sets.
1|expect: and all it's options
2|send: and all it's options
3|interact: and all it's options
4|spawn :and it's options

In addition there are some common C functions sets, like
fork(),signal handling and control capabilities and a
built in debugger and trace facility.

There are some important differences in how you would use expect and tcl.
Expect is used to interact and control an existing program. It basically is most used to automate repetitive
and tiresome tasks or hard to deal with interaction
sequences involving multiple processes.
There are plenty of example scripts in the packages
you downloaded, you can look those over for examples.

 

[tmpalaniselvam]

Hi,
Thanks marsd! My top priority is, developing test scripts for WinNT.
Thanks and Regards,
Palani.
mail to: tmpalaniselvam@yahoo.com