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2 | <!DOCTYPE sect1 PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.5//EN"
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3 | "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.5/docbookx.dtd" [
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4 | <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../general.ent">
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5 | %general-entities;
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6 | ]>
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7 |
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8 | <sect1 id="ch-tools-expect" role="wrap">
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9 | <?dbhtml filename="expect.html"?>
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10 |
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11 | <sect1info condition="script">
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12 | <productname>expect</productname>
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13 | <productnumber>&expect-version;</productnumber>
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14 | <address>&expect-url;</address>
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15 | </sect1info>
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16 |
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17 | <title>Expect-&expect-version;</title>
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18 |
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19 | <indexterm zone="ch-tools-expect">
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20 | <primary sortas="a-Expect">Expect</primary>
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21 | </indexterm>
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22 |
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23 | <sect2 role="package">
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24 | <title/>
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25 |
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26 | <para>The <application>Expect</application> package contains tools for
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27 | automating, via scripted dialogues, interactive applications such as
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28 | <command>telnet</command>, <command>ftp</command>,
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29 | <command>passwd</command>, <command>fsck</command>,
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30 | <command>rlogin</command>, and <command>tip</command>.
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31 | <application>Expect</application> is also useful for testing these same
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32 | applications as well as easing all sorts of tasks that are prohibitively
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33 | difficult with anything else. The <application>DejaGnu</application>
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34 | framework is written in <application>Expect</application>.</para>
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35 |
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36 | <segmentedlist>
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37 | <segtitle>&buildtime;</segtitle>
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38 | <segtitle>&diskspace;</segtitle>
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39 |
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40 | <seglistitem>
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41 | <seg>&expect-tmp-sbu;</seg>
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42 | <seg>&expect-tmp-du;</seg>
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43 | </seglistitem>
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44 | </segmentedlist>
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45 |
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46 | </sect2>
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47 |
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48 | <sect2 role="installation">
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49 | <title>Installation of Expect</title>
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50 |
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51 | <para>Prepare Expect for compilation:</para>
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52 |
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53 | <screen><userinput remap="configure">./configure --prefix=/usr \
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54 | --with-tcl=/usr/lib \
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55 | --enable-shared \
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56 | --mandir=/usr/share/man \
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57 | --with-tclinclude=/usr/include</userinput></screen>
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58 |
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59 | <variablelist>
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60 | <title>The meaning of the configure options:</title>
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61 |
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62 | <varlistentry>
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63 | <term><parameter>--with-tcl=/usr/lib</parameter></term>
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64 | <listitem>
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65 | <para>This parameter is needed to tell
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66 | <command>configure</command> where the
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67 | <command>tclConfig.sh</command> script is located.</para>
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68 | </listitem>
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69 | </varlistentry>
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70 |
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71 | <varlistentry>
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72 | <term><parameter>--with-tclinclude=/usr/include</parameter></term>
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73 | <listitem>
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74 | <para>This explicitly tells Expect where to find Tcl's internal
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75 | headers.</para>
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76 | </listitem>
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77 | </varlistentry>
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78 |
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79 | </variablelist>
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80 |
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81 | <para>Build the package:</para>
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82 |
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83 | <screen><userinput remap="make">make</userinput></screen>
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84 |
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85 | <para>To test the results, issue:</para>
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86 |
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87 | <screen><userinput remap="test">make test</userinput></screen>
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88 |
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89 | <para>Install the package:</para>
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90 |
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91 | <screen><userinput remap="install">make install
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92 | ln -svf expect&expect-version;/libexpect&expect-version;.so /usr/lib</userinput></screen>
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93 |
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94 | </sect2>
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95 |
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96 | <sect2 id="contents-expect" role="content">
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97 | <title>Contents of Expect</title>
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98 |
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99 | <segmentedlist>
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100 | <segtitle>Installed program</segtitle>
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101 | <segtitle>Installed library</segtitle>
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102 |
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103 | <seglistitem>
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104 | <seg>expect</seg>
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105 | <seg>libexpect-&expect-lib-version;.so</seg>
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106 | </seglistitem>
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107 | </segmentedlist>
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108 |
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109 | <variablelist>
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110 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
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111 | <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
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112 | <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
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113 |
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114 | <varlistentry id="expect">
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115 | <term><command>expect</command></term>
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116 | <listitem>
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117 | <para>Communicates with other interactive programs according
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118 | to a script</para>
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119 | <indexterm zone="ch-tools-expect expect">
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120 | <primary sortas="b-expect">expect</primary>
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121 | </indexterm>
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122 | </listitem>
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123 | </varlistentry>
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124 |
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125 | <varlistentry id="libexpect">
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126 | <term><filename class="libraryfile">libexpect-&expect-lib-version;.so</filename></term>
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127 | <listitem>
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128 | <para>Contains functions that allow Expect to be used as a Tcl
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129 | extension or to be used directly from C or C++ (without Tcl)</para>
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130 | <indexterm zone="ch-tools-expect libexpect">
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131 | <primary sortas="c-libexpect-&expect-lib-version;">libexpect-&expect-lib-version;</primary>
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132 | </indexterm>
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133 | </listitem>
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134 | </varlistentry>
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135 |
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136 | </variablelist>
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137 |
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138 | </sect2>
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139 |
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140 | </sect1>
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