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From: Michael Beach <michaelb AT ieee DOT org>
To: C Wells <s2audi AT yahoo DOT com>, cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
Subject: Re: expect help on cygwin
Date: Tue, 30 Jul 2002 22:16:17 +1000
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Well, this is more of a workaround than a fix, but have you considered using 
Expect.pm ie the Perl Expect module instead of the original Tcl based expect? 
It reputedly can do pretty much everything that expect can do, and I *know* 
it works under cygwin because I use it there quite extensively. Plus you get 
to use Perl rather than (gag!) Tcl.

Find it on CPAN, or at http://sourceforge.net/projects/expectperl/.

Regards
M.Beach

On Tuesday 30 July 2002 04:45, C Wells wrote:
> Anyone with expect experience on cygwin that can help
> me, I will compensate with a $25 gift certificate to
> Amazon.
> Thanks
>
> --- C Wells <s2audi AT yahoo DOT com> wrote:
> > After giving up on trying to get autoexpect to run I
> > decided I would try a basic expect script
> >
> > #!/usr/bin/expect -f
> > spawn telnet 1.2.3.4
> > # I tried spawn telnet "1.2.3.4" with no good result
> > expect "login:"
> > send "uid\r"
> > expect "word:"
> > send "pass\r"
> > interact
> >
> > Pretty basic, but it won't work. Obviously the spawn
> > telnet calls MS's telnet client, but this is the
> > error
> > msg....
> > $ ./login.exp
> > spawn telnet 1.2.3.4
> > send: invalid spawn id (4)
> >     while executing
> > "send "uid\r""
> >     (file "./login.exp" line 5)
> > I tried the expect cmd line and it seems maybe it
> > doesn't like the \r, maybe there is another way to
> > send a return ? Can anyone help me ?
> > Thanks
> >
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