merlyn@iwarp.intel.com (Randal Schwartz) (11/15/90)
Archive-name: expect/13-Nov-90 Original-posting-by: merlyn@iwarp.intel.com (Randal Schwartz) Original-subject: Re: What is 'expect' Archive-site: durer.cme.nist.gov [129.6.32.4] Archive-directory: /pub Reposted-by: emv@ox.com (Edward Vielmetti) In article <~|&^%V&@rpi.edu>, wrf@mab (Wm Randolph Franklin) writes: | | The interactive shell 'expect' looks useful according to the long shell | summary. What is it and where would I get it? Thanks. Don Libes' 'expect' package comes from durer.cme.nist.gov near pub/expect.shar.Z. A Perl version with similar interfaces and the same functionality is in the works (if you're not interested in learning TCL, but already have some Perl experience)... see comp.lang.perl for details. Just another Perl hacker, -- /=Randal L. Schwartz, Stonehenge Consulting Services (503)777-0095 ==========\ | on contract to Intel's iWarp project, Beaverton, Oregon, USA, Sol III | | merlyn@iwarp.intel.com ...!any-MX-mailer-like-uunet!iwarp.intel.com!merlyn | \=Cute Quote: "Intel put the 'backward' in 'backward compatible'..."=========/