Date: Mon, 12 Nov 2007 14:13:50 +1100 From: Norberto Meijome <freebsd@meijome.net> To: Dan Nelson <dnelson@allantgroup.com> Cc: Robert Huff <roberthuff@rcn.com>, questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: can't think of program Message-ID: <20071112141350.31799437@meijome.net> In-Reply-To: <20071112014123.GF72824@dan.emsphone.com> References: <18231.42932.352721.726895@jerusalem.litteratus.org> <20071112014123.GF72824@dan.emsphone.com>
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On Sun, 11 Nov 2007 19:41:23 -0600 Dan Nelson <dnelson@allantgroup.com> wrote: > > I am blanking on the name of this program, My mind says it > > should be "expect", but that's not right. > > Trust your mind :) It's expect. which is part of the ports tree: /usr/ports/lang/expect $ cat /usr/ports/lang/expect/pkg-descr Expect is a program that performs programmed dialogue with other interactive programs. It is briefly described by its man page, expect(1). It uses pseudo-tty's to control the child processes, so it is not affected by programs that refuse to read from stdin or pipes. (eg: passwd(1) etc). WWW: http://expect.nist.gov/ FAQ: http://expect.nist.gov/FAQ.html _________________________ {Beto|Norberto|Numard} Meijome Unix is user friendly. However, it isn't idiot friendly. I speak for myself, not my employer. Contents may be hot. Slippery when wet. Reading disclaimers makes you go blind. Writing them is worse. You have been Warned.
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