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Man Page: expect_popen

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EXPECT_POPEN(3) 							 1							   EXPECT_POPEN(3)

expect_popen - Execute command via Bourne shell, and open the PTY stream to the process

SYNOPSIS
resource expect_popen (string $command)
DESCRIPTION
Execute command via Bourne shell, and open the PTY stream to the process.
PARAMETERS
o $command - Command to execute.
RETURN VALUES
Returns an open PTY stream to the processes stdio, stdout, and stderr. On failure this function returns FALSE.
EXAMPLES
Example #1 expect_popen(3) example <?php // Login to the PHP.net CVS repository: $stream = expect_popen ("cvs -d :pserver:anonymous@cvs.php.net:/repository login"); sleep (3); fwrite ($stream, "phpfi "); fclose ($stream); ?>
SEE ALSO
popen(3). PHP Documentation Group EXPECT_POPEN(3)
Related Man Pages
popen(3) - bsd
popen(3s) - v7
pclose(3) - ultrix
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