Re: expect(1)

[Sean Channel <chimera@sun.com>]

Expect kicks test automation _booty_, people!!  Please do give Expect an 
evaluation. "autoexpect" (included) will watch your command line session 
and create a script (good for getting started).

Expect is an extension of Tcl/Tk.  You can treat it like a real 
programming language (full Tcl/Tk support), or just think of it as a 
very well behaved robot.

$.02
-s

Wichmann, Mats D wrote:

> > It has been suggested that expect(1) be added to the 
> > Application Battery so it
> > can be used to automatically test interactive Application 
> > Battery applications. 
> >
> > http://expect.nist.gov/
> >
> > PS: (My only objection is that it is written in Tk.  Can't 
> > anyone write POSIX shell code anymore? :-))
>
> That's tcl, not tk.
>
> Why would anyone *want* to write serious code in shell
> when there are languages better suited? The shell
> really doesn't give you the facility to properly 
> capture the "what happened" that is the essence of expect.
>
> (Yes, I saw the smiley, btw)
>
> I tried to crank out tcl-built-by-lsbcc but it needs
> a little bit of work.



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