[Expectperl-discuss] RE: Expect.pm

[Hemming, C. <Cli...@AF...>]

So how would I specify 'EOF' in the expect statement?

> -----Original Message-----
> From:	Roland Giersig [SMTP:Rol...@al...]
> Sent:	Thursday, November 09, 2000 01:54
> To:	Hemming, Cliff
> Cc:	exp...@li...
> Subject:	Re: Expect.pm
> 
> "Hemming, Cliff" wrote:
> > I have found a interesting little problem that I was wondering if you
> could
> > shed some light on. When I running a process a perform a
> >         $TELNET->expect( undef, "Wait For this");
> > If the child process exits without sending that phrase, the expect perl
> > script does not return. I was wondering if this normal behavior or if I
> have
> > problem. I guess I'm really asking if Expect handles signals from the
> child
> > processes?
> 
> Yes, this problem has already been reported, but should
> be solvable by expecting 'eof', which is activated
> when the child exits, so this is probably your best bet.  
> 
> Expect does not handle SIGCHILD (which it should; I intend a 
> complete rewrite and have this on the feature list) but 
> instead relies on EOF detection from the pty.  But as the 
> state machine is heavily patched, there might be some problems 
> with that also.
> 
> I'm already investigating this, but I guess this is best solved
> by a clean redesign, so it will take some time.
> 
> Thanks for telling.
> 
> Roland
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