expect-5.16
A tool for automating interactive applications.
- Contributed by
- Mike Hopkirk (hops)
- Obtained from
- Net - ftp.cme.nist.gov as pub/expect/expect.tar.Z
- Author(s)
- Don Libes - National Institute of Standards and Technology
(libes@nist.gov)
- Restrictions
- None - See Copyright file
here
Description
Expect is a program that "talks" to other interactive programs
according to a script. Following the script, Expect
knows what can be expected from a program and what the
correct response should be. An interpreted language provides
branching and high-level control structures to
direct the dialogue. In addition, the user can take control
and interact directly when desired, afterward returning
control to the script.
Expectk is a mixture of Expect and Tk. It behaves just
like Expect and Tk's wish. Expect can also be used
directly in C or C++ (that is, without Tcl).
- Productivity
- Indispensable - Makes interactive programs batch drivable
- Safety
- Used intermittantly ( less often than should do )
- Work Planned
- None
- Documentation
- Man Pages,
README
- Verification
- run tests as described in
INSTALL
Build Notes
This source is configured to be installed under
/usr/skunk.
To build it for a different location, compile with
make prefix=directory or reconfigure with
./configure --prefix=directory.
Building this Software requires Tcl7.3 which can be found (in Skunkware
distribution ) under Tools or X11.
SkunkWare 5.0 1995