[lug] expect, autoexpect...

[PC Drew]

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PC Drew


Thus spake bill ehlert on Monday, June 12, 2000, 6:52:02 PM:



be> **  for those who have no idea what
be>     an "expect file" is, would you
be>     please post a few clear words about

be>     --  its purpose

be>     --  how it accomplishes the purpose

be>     --  its inner workings


be>                   thanks !

be> --- Andrew Reberry <Andrew.Reberry at colorado.edu>
be> wrote:
>> I am writing an expect file to post my current
>> IP address on a webpage so I can telnet to my
>> machine when my IP changes.  I am having 2
>> small problems though:
>> 
>> 1) Whenever I type 'exit' to exit from ftp,
>> telnet or anything else, expect thinks I'm
>> telling it to exit.  Anyone know a way around
>> this?  All works fine until I run the expect
>> script, then when the script gets to the 'exit'
>> point expect stops running completely.    I
>> don't want to kill my ftp connection with a
>> CTRL-Z because that will hang my web host for a
>> few minutes on me, wont it?
>> 
>> 2) How can I set my expect file to run every
>> half hour or so?
>> 
>> Thanks
>> 
>> Andrew Reberry
>> 


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