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Modified the Expect build commands to work with the new Tcl build method

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1<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
2<!DOCTYPE sect1 PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.4//EN"
3 "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.4/docbookx.dtd" [
4 <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../../general.ent">
5 %general-entities;
6
7 <!ENTITY expect-download-http "http://expect.nist.gov/old/expect-&expect-version;.tar.gz">
8 <!ENTITY expect-download-ftp " ">
9 <!ENTITY expect-md5sum "230400129630335b3060a42f66fec11d">
10 <!ENTITY expect-size "525 KB">
11 <!ENTITY expect-buildsize "4.6 MB">
12 <!ENTITY expect-time "0.07 SBU">
13]>
14
15<sect1 id="expect" xreflabel="Expect-&expect-version;">
16 <?dbhtml filename="expect.html"?>
17
18 <sect1info>
19 <othername>$LastChangedBy$</othername>
20 <date>$Date$</date>
21 <keywordset>
22 <keyword role="package">expect-&expect-version;.tar</keyword>
23 <keyword role="ftpdir">expect</keyword>
24 </keywordset>
25 </sect1info>
26
27 <title>Expect-&expect-version;</title>
28
29 <indexterm zone="expect">
30 <primary sortas="a-Expect">Expect</primary>
31 </indexterm>
32
33 <sect2 role="package">
34 <title>Introduction to Expect</title>
35
36 <para>The <application>Expect</application> package contains tools for
37 automating interactive applications such as <command>telnet</command>,
38 <command>ftp</command>, <command>passwd</command>,
39 <command>fsck</command>, <command>rlogin</command>,
40 <command>tip</command>, etc. <application>Expect</application> is
41 also useful for testing these same applications as well as easing all sorts of
42 tasks that are prohibitively difficult with anything else.</para>
43
44 <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Package Information</bridgehead>
45 <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
46 <listitem>
47 <para>Download (HTTP): <ulink url="&expect-download-http;"/></para>
48 </listitem>
49 <listitem>
50 <para>Download (FTP): <ulink url="&expect-download-ftp;"/></para>
51 </listitem>
52 <listitem>
53 <para>Download MD5 sum: &expect-md5sum;</para>
54 </listitem>
55 <listitem>
56 <para>Download size: &expect-size;</para>
57 </listitem>
58 <listitem>
59 <para>Estimated disk space required: &expect-buildsize;</para>
60 </listitem>
61 <listitem>
62 <para>Estimated build time: &expect-time;</para>
63 </listitem>
64 </itemizedlist>
65
66 <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Additional Downloads</bridgehead>
67 <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
68 <listitem>
69 <para>Required Patch: <ulink
70 url="&patch-root;/expect-&expect-version;-spawn-2.patch"/></para>
71 </listitem>
72 </itemizedlist>
73
74 <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Expect Dependencies</bridgehead>
75
76 <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Required</bridgehead>
77 <para role="required"><xref linkend="tcl"/></para>
78
79 <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional</bridgehead>
80 <para role="optional"><xref linkend="tk"/></para>
81
82 <para condition="html" role="usernotes">User Notes:
83 <ulink url="&blfs-wiki;/expect"/></para>
84
85 </sect2>
86
87 <sect2 role="installation">
88 <title>Installation of Expect</title>
89
90 <para>Install <application>Expect</application> by running the following
91 commands:</para>
92
93<screen><userinput>patch -Np1 -i ../expect-&expect-version;-spawn-2.patch &amp;&amp;
94./configure --prefix=/usr \
95 --with-tclinclude=/usr/include \
96 --enable-shared &amp;&amp;
97make</userinput></screen>
98
99 <para>This package does not come with a reliable test suite.</para>
100
101 <para>Now, as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:</para>
102
103<screen role="root"><userinput>make install &amp;&amp;
104ln -sf ../libexpect5.43.a /usr/lib/expect5.43</userinput></screen>
105
106 </sect2>
107
108 <sect2 role="commands">
109 <title>Command Explanations</title>
110
111 <para><parameter>--enable-shared</parameter>: This option enables
112 building the shared library.</para>
113
114 <!--
115 <para><option>-with-tk=/usr/lib</option>: Use this option to link in the
116 <application>Tk</application> library.</para>
117 -->
118
119 <para><command>ln -sf ../libexpect5.43.a /usr/lib/expect5.43</command>: This
120 command creates a required link to the static library.</para>
121
122 </sect2>
123
124 <sect2 role="configuration">
125 <title>Configuring Expect</title>
126
127 <sect3 id="expect-config">
128 <title>Config Files</title>
129
130 <para><filename>$exp_library/expect.rc</filename> and
131 <filename>~/.expect.rc</filename></para>
132
133 <indexterm zone="expect expect-config">
134 <primary sortas="e-AA.expect.rc">~/.expect.rc</primary>
135 </indexterm>
136
137 <indexterm zone="expect expect-config">
138 <primary sortas="e-Aexp_library-expect.rc">$exp_library/expect.rc</primary>
139 </indexterm>
140
141 </sect3>
142
143 <sect3>
144 <title>Configuration Information</title>
145
146 <para>Reference the <command>expect</command> man page for information about
147 utilizing the <filename>expect.rc</filename> configuration files. Additionally,
148 many of the tools contained in the <application>Expect</application> package
149 will use their own configuration files. Reference the respective man page, or
150 examine the script directly for configuration file information.</para>
151
152 </sect3>
153
154 </sect2>
155
156 <sect2 role="content">
157 <title>Contents</title>
158
159 <segmentedlist>
160 <segtitle>Installed Programs</segtitle>
161 <segtitle>Installed Library</segtitle>
162 <segtitle>Installed Directory</segtitle>
163
164 <seglistitem>
165 <seg>autoexpect, autopasswd, cryptdir, decryptdir, dislocate, expect, ftp-rfc,
166 kibitz, lpunlock, mkpasswd, passmass, rftp, rlogin-cwd, timed-read, timed-run,
167 unbuffer, weather, and optionally (if <application>Expect</application> was
168 linked against <application>Tk</application>), expectk, multixterm,
169 tknewsbiff, tkpasswd, xkibitz, and xpstat</seg>
170 <seg>libexpect5.43.{so,a}</seg>
171 <seg>/usr/lib/expect5.43</seg>
172 </seglistitem>
173 </segmentedlist>
174
175 <variablelist>
176 <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
177 <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
178 <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
179
180 <varlistentry id="autoexpect">
181 <term><command>autoexpect</command></term>
182 <listitem>
183 <para>generates an <application>Expect</application> script from
184 watching a session.</para>
185 <indexterm zone="expect autoexpect">
186 <primary sortas="b-autoexpect">autoexpect</primary>
187 </indexterm>
188 </listitem>
189 </varlistentry>
190
191 <varlistentry id="autopasswd">
192 <term><command>autopasswd</command></term>
193 <listitem>
194 <para>is a wrapper to make <command>passwd</command>(1) be
195 non-interactive.</para>
196 <indexterm zone="expect autopasswd">
197 <primary sortas="b-autopasswd">autopasswd</primary>
198 </indexterm>
199 </listitem>
200 </varlistentry>
201
202 <varlistentry id="cryptdir">
203 <term><command>cryptdir</command></term>
204 <listitem>
205 <para>encrypts all files in a directory.</para>
206 <indexterm zone="expect cryptdir">
207 <primary sortas="b-cryptdir">cryptdir</primary>
208 </indexterm>
209 </listitem>
210 </varlistentry>
211
212 <varlistentry id="decryptdir">
213 <term><command>decryptdir</command></term>
214 <listitem>
215 <para>decrypts all files in a directory.</para>
216 <indexterm zone="expect decryptdir">
217 <primary sortas="b-decryptdir">decryptdir</primary>
218 </indexterm>
219 </listitem>
220 </varlistentry>
221
222 <varlistentry id="dislocate">
223 <term><command>dislocate</command></term>
224 <listitem>
225 <para>allows processes to be disconnected and reconnected to a
226 terminal.</para>
227 <indexterm zone="expect dislocate">
228 <primary sortas="b-dislocate">dislocate</primary>
229 </indexterm>
230 </listitem>
231 </varlistentry>
232
233 <varlistentry id="expect-prog">
234 <term><command>expect</command></term>
235 <listitem>
236 <para>is a program that <quote>talks</quote> to other interactive
237 programs according to a script.</para>
238 <indexterm zone="expect expect-prog">
239 <primary sortas="b-expect">expect</primary>
240 </indexterm>
241 </listitem>
242 </varlistentry>
243
244 <varlistentry id="ftp-rfc">
245 <term><command>ftp-rfc</command></term>
246 <listitem>
247 <para>retrieves an RFC (or the index) from UUNET.</para>
248 <indexterm zone="expect ftp-rfc">
249 <primary sortas="b-ftp-rfc">ftp-rfc</primary>
250 </indexterm>
251 </listitem>
252 </varlistentry>
253
254 <varlistentry id="kibitz">
255 <term><command>kibitz</command></term>
256 <listitem>
257 <para>allows two (or more) people to interact with one shell
258 (or any arbitrary program).</para>
259 <indexterm zone="expect kibitz">
260 <primary sortas="b-kibitz">kibitz</primary>
261 </indexterm>
262 </listitem>
263 </varlistentry>
264
265 <varlistentry id="lpunlock">
266 <term><command>lpunlock</command></term>
267 <listitem>
268 <para>unhangs a printer which claims it is <quote>waiting for
269 lock</quote>.</para>
270 <indexterm zone="expect lpunlock">
271 <primary sortas="b-lpunlock">lpunlock</primary>
272 </indexterm>
273 </listitem>
274 </varlistentry>
275
276 <varlistentry id="mkpasswd">
277 <term><command>mkpasswd</command></term>
278 <listitem>
279 <para>generates passwords and can apply them automatically to
280 users.</para>
281 <indexterm zone="expect mkpasswd">
282 <primary sortas="b-mkpasswd">mkpasswd</primary>
283 </indexterm>
284 </listitem>
285 </varlistentry>
286
287 <varlistentry id="passmass">
288 <term><command>passmass</command></term>
289 <listitem>
290 <para>changes a password on multiple machines.</para>
291 <indexterm zone="expect passmass">
292 <primary sortas="b-passmass">passmass</primary>
293 </indexterm>
294 </listitem>
295 </varlistentry>
296
297 <varlistentry id="rftp">
298 <term><command>rftp</command></term>
299 <listitem>
300 <para>is much like <command>ftp</command> except it uses
301 <option>~g</option> and <option>~p</option> instead of
302 <option>mget</option> and <option>mput</option>.</para>
303 <indexterm zone="expect rftp">
304 <primary sortas="b-rftp">rftp</primary>
305 </indexterm>
306 </listitem>
307 </varlistentry>
308
309 <varlistentry id="rlogin-cwd">
310 <term><command>rlogin-cwd</command></term>
311 <listitem>
312 <para>is <command>rlogin</command> except it uses the local current
313 directory as the current working directory on the remote machine.</para>
314 <indexterm zone="expect rlogin-cwd">
315 <primary sortas="b-rlogin-cwd">rlogin-cwd</primary>
316 </indexterm>
317 </listitem>
318 </varlistentry>
319
320 <varlistentry id="timed-read">
321 <term><command>timed-read</command></term>
322 <listitem>
323 <para> reads a complete line from stdin and aborts after a given
324 number of seconds.</para>
325 <indexterm zone="expect timed-read">
326 <primary sortas="b-timed-read">timed-read</primary>
327 </indexterm>
328 </listitem>
329 </varlistentry>
330
331 <varlistentry id="timed-run">
332 <term><command>timed-run</command></term>
333 <listitem>
334 <para>runs a program for a given amount of time.</para>
335 <indexterm zone="expect timed-run">
336 <primary sortas="b-timed-run">timed-run</primary>
337 </indexterm>
338 </listitem>
339 </varlistentry>
340
341 <varlistentry id="unbuffer">
342 <term><command>unbuffer</command></term>
343 <listitem>
344 <para>disables the output buffering that occurs when program output
345 is redirected.</para>
346 <indexterm zone="expect unbuffer">
347 <primary sortas="b-unbuffer">unbuffer</primary>
348 </indexterm>
349 </listitem>
350 </varlistentry>
351
352 <varlistentry id="weather">
353 <term><command>weather</command></term>
354 <listitem>
355 <para>retrieves a weather report (courtesy University of Michigan)
356 for a given city or geographical area.</para>
357 <indexterm zone="expect weather">
358 <primary sortas="b-weather">weather</primary>
359 </indexterm>
360 </listitem>
361 </varlistentry>
362
363 <varlistentry id="expectk">
364 <term><command>expectk</command></term>
365 <listitem>
366 <para>is a combination of <application>Expect</application> with
367 <application>Tk</application> and should run any <command>wish</command>
368 or <application>Expect</application> script.</para>
369 <indexterm zone="expect expectk">
370 <primary sortas="b-expectk">expectk</primary>
371 </indexterm>
372 </listitem>
373 </varlistentry>
374
375 <varlistentry id="multixterm">
376 <term><command>multixterm</command></term>
377 <listitem>
378 <para>creates multiple <command>xterm</command>s that can be driven
379 together or separately.</para>
380 <indexterm zone="expect multixterm">
381 <primary sortas="b-multixterm">multixterm</primary>
382 </indexterm>
383 </listitem>
384 </varlistentry>
385
386 <varlistentry id="tknewsbiff">
387 <term><command>tknewsbiff</command></term>
388 <listitem>
389 <para>pops up a window when there is unread news in your favorite
390 newsgroups and removes the window after you've read the news.</para>
391 <indexterm zone="expect tknewsbiff">
392 <primary sortas="b-tknewsbiff">tknewsbiff</primary>
393 </indexterm>
394 </listitem>
395 </varlistentry>
396
397 <varlistentry id="tkpasswd">
398 <term><command>tkpasswd</command></term>
399 <listitem>
400 <para>is a script to change passwords using
401 <command>expectk</command>.</para>
402 <indexterm zone="expect tkpasswd">
403 <primary sortas="b-tkpasswd">tkpasswd</primary>
404 </indexterm>
405 </listitem>
406 </varlistentry>
407
408 <varlistentry id="xkibitz">
409 <term><command>xkibitz</command></term>
410 <listitem>
411 <para>allows users in separate <command>xterm</command>s to share
412 one shell (or any program that runs in an <command>xterm</command>).</para>
413 <indexterm zone="expect xkibitz">
414 <primary sortas="b-xkibitz">xkibitz</primary>
415 </indexterm>
416 </listitem>
417 </varlistentry>
418
419 <varlistentry id="xpstat">
420 <term><command>xpstat</command></term>
421 <listitem>
422 <para>is a script that acts as a front-end for <command>xpilot</command>.</para>
423 <indexterm zone="expect xpstat">
424 <primary sortas="b-xpstat">xpstat</primary>
425 </indexterm>
426 </listitem>
427 </varlistentry>
428
429 <varlistentry id="libexpect">
430 <term><filename class='libraryfile'>libexpect5.43.{so,a}</filename></term>
431 <listitem>
432 <para> contains functions that allow <application>Expect</application> to be
433 used as a <application>Tcl</application> extension or to be used directly from
434 C or C++ (without <application>Tcl</application>).</para>
435 <indexterm zone="expect libexpect">
436 <primary sortas="c-libexpect5.43">libexpect5.43.{so,a}</primary>
437 </indexterm>
438 </listitem>
439 </varlistentry>
440
441 </variablelist>
442
443 </sect2>
444
445</sect1>
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