Re: [Expectperl-discuss] Suggestions for FAQ entries

[Austin S. <te...@of...>]

On Thu, Jun 06, 2002 at 01:57:15PM -0500, Blackstone, J. David wrote:
> * My spawned processs doesn't produce any output, and Expect.pm doesn't wait
> for it to end.
> 
> [Might need to reword this.  Suggestions?  See
> http://use.perl.org/~djberg96/journal/5430/]
> 
> Spawning a process just starts it up.  From then on, any interaction with
> your process, including waiting for it to end, is up to you.  Usually this
> involves expect()ing output.  If there is no output, however, you will need
> to expect() a special signal sent when the process ends called eof.

	Maybe I'm missing something. Why do I _need_ to expect eof? Expect
should return at eof. It should also be setting $err.

$process->expect(undef);
if( $process->error() =~ /EOF/ ) {
  waitpid($process->pid());
}

	Austin