Re: [Expectperl-discuss] Suggestions for FAQ entries

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

> > > [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());
> > }
> > 
>   Or you can do that.  Want to rewrite it to include the alternative? :)
> The way I showed is more like the original TCL Expect.  I'm happy to see
> Expect.pm makes Expect very Perl-like by following the TMTOWTDI rule. :)
> 

	I could. I guess there could be a little discussion of the different
ways to reap child processes. Another way to do it is just:

undef($process);

	which reaps the process as part of the Expect deconstructor.

	Are we submitting interesting things as patches to what's in
CVS?

	Austin