[Linux-users] any 'expect' gurus?

[Kurt Wall]

On Thu, Aug 16, 2007 at 09:40:10AM -0700, Bill Campbell wrote:
> 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.

Yah, but then you have to use Perl. ;-)

K
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