Re: [Expectperl-discuss] A problem with multi-line matching.

[Ian M. <iw...@do...>]

>
>Hi All,
>
>I am using the Expect to give responses to the questions asked while
>installation. Here is a problem I am facing.
>
>This is the question I am expecting to be asked and I am waiting for the
>same question
>Do you want to start Veritas Storage Foundation for DB2 processes now?
>[y,n,q] (y)
>
>But, the problem is on some terminals the question appears as
>Do you want to start Veritas Storage Foundation for DB2 processes now?
>[y,n,q] (y)
>
>or even as
>Do you want to start Veritas Storage Foundation for
>DB2 processes now? [y,n,q] (y)
>
>How to handle such things? Please help.
>
>Thanks and Regards,
>Prasad.

Some problems like this are caused by the  setup of the  shell started  using the
spawn command. If the default line width is shorter than the ouput line  from the
program the line is wrapped on to the next line.

What I often do is to wait for the  first prompt and  send a
   stty  columns 200
so that output lines  are not wrapped.
Ian W Moor                    Department of Computing,
iw...@do...           Imperial College.
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