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Old 02-09-2011
Expect scripting not seeing the screen prompts.
Someone recommended using an expect script for an issue I was having so I tried writing one but of the 3 expected prompts on the screen, it only see responds to the first one. The code is:
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Code:
#!/usr/local/bin/expect -f
spawn /usr/local/bin/rcs -u1.1 xyz.fmb
expect "Do you want to break the lock?"
send "y\n"
# expect "or end of file)"             # This line and the following don't work 
expect ">>"                     # This expect line fails to
send "prod install\r\n"      # This is never sent
expect ">>"
Send ".\n"

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The result is:
Code:
pjones@server [32] ./83172-prod-unlock.sh
spawn /usr/local/bin/rcs -u1.1 xyz.fmb
RCS file: RCS/xyz.fmb,v
Revision 1.1 is already locked by test.
Do you want to break the lock? [ny](n): y                       The 'y' is sent correctly

State the reason for breaking the lock:
(terminate with single '.' or end of file)
>> pjones@server [33]                        ---------------------> This is where it should send "prod install"

Does anyone see anything that stands out?

Thanks
Last edited by Franklin52; 02-10-2011 at 04:20 AM.. Reason: Please use code tags
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Old 02-10-2011
No, but I let autoexpect write my scripts. Maybe you are looking for stderr or /dev/tty output, which might be a different sort of expect.
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