[Linux-users] any 'expect' gurus?

Bill Campbell linux-sxs
Thu Aug 16 09:40:10 PDT 2007


On Thu, Aug 16, 2007, Lonni J Friedman wrote:
>On 8/15/07, Bruce Marshall <bmarsh at bmarsh.com> wrote:
>> On Wednesday 15 August 2007, Lonni J Friedman wrote:
>> > I'm trying to use expect for the first time to automate the
>> > installation of a '.run' package which lacks a silent or automated
>> > installation option.
>> >
...
>Thanks for the reply.  Unfortunately, that isn't helping.  Here's what
>I've got right now (thanks to Kurt):
>http://pastebin.sfee-hosted.com/52

I've generally tried to minimize my interactions with expect by
using it via the perl Expect module.  This allows me to do most
of the heavy lifting in perl.

Bill
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