Re: [Expectperl-discuss] returning to previously spawned expect session

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

On Fri, Aug 30, 2002 at 04:43:14PM -0700, Heidi Ng wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> I have written a script which spawns an expect session and returns to it after doing some other stuff.  However, when I go back to the first expect session, it seems like I cannot talk to it anymore.
> 
> I tried doing a "print $session "stop\r";".  But nothing happened and the test got stuck.  Do you know if there is a timeout to a spawned expect session and what I can do to get around this problem?
> 

	There is no timeout, though some applications can time out, e.g.
telnetting to a cisco router, or using cu to dial out disagreeable modems.
	What program are you spawning? Would it be a reasonable likelihood
that that program would time out of its own accord?

	Austin