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).
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