%general-entities; ]> $LastChangedBy$ $Date$ The Expect package contains tools for automating interactive applications such as telnet, ftp, passwd, fsck, rlogin, tip, etc. Expect is also useful for testing these same applications as well as easing all sorts of tasks that are prohibitively difficult with anything else. Download (HTTP): Download (FTP): Download MD5 Sum: &expect-md5sum; Download size: &expect-size; Estimated disk space required: &expect-buildsize; Estimated build time: &expect-time; Required Patch: Install Expect by running the following commands: patch -Np1 -i ../expect-&expect-version;-spawn-1.patch && ./configure --prefix=/usr --with-tcl=/usr/lib \ --with-tclinclude=/usr/include/tcl8.4 --enable-shared && make && make install && ln -sf ../libexpect5.42.a /usr/lib/expect5.42 --enable-shared: This option enables building the shared library. --with-tk=/usr/lib: Use this option to link in the Tk library. ln -sf ../libexpect5.42.a /usr/lib/expect5.42: This command creates a required link to the static library. $exp_library/expect.rc and ~/.expect.rc Reference the expect man page for information about utilizing the expect.rc configuration files. Additionally, many of the tools contained in the Expect package will use their own configuration files. Reference the respective man page, or examine the script directly for configuration file information. The Expect package contains the libexpect libraries, autoexpect, autopasswd, cryptdir, decryptdir, dislocate, expect, ftp-rfc, kibitz, lpunlock, mkpasswd, passmass, rftp, rlogin-cwd, timed-read, timed-run, unbuffer, weather and optionally (if expect was linked against Tk), expectk, multixterm, tknewsbiff, tkpasswd, xkibitz and xpstat. autoexpect generates an Expect script from watching a session. autopasswd is a wrapper to make passwd(1) be non-interactive. cryptdir encrypts all files in a directory. decryptdir decrypts all files in a directory. dislocate allows processes to be disconnected and reconnected to a terminal. expect is a program that talks to other interactive programs according to a script. ftp-rfc retrieves an rfc (or the index) from uunet. kibitz allows two (or more) people to interact with one shell (or any arbitrary program). lpunlock unhangs a printer which claims it is waiting for lock. mkpasswd generates passwords and can apply them automatically to users. passmass changes a password on multiple machines. rftp is much like ftp except it uses '~g' and '~p' instead of 'mget' and 'mput'. rlogin-cwd is rlogin except it uses the local current directory as the current working directory on the remote machine. timed-read reads a complete line from stdin and aborts after a given number of seconds. timed-run runs a program for a given amount of time. unbuffer disables the output buffering that occurs when program output is redirected. weather retrieves a weather report (courtesy University of Michigan) for a given city or geographical area. expectk is a combination of Expect with Tk and should run any wish or Expect script. multixterm creates multiple xterms that can be driven together or separately. tknewsbiff pops up a window when there is unread news in your favorite newsgroups and removes the window after you've read the news. tkpasswd is a script to change passwords using expectk. xkibitz allows users in separate xterms to share one shell (or any program that runs in an xterm). xpstat is a script that acts as a front-end for xpilot.