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Expect - Automates interactive applications

Expect automates interactive applications such as telnet, ftp, passwd, fsck, rlogin, tip, etc. It is also useful for testing these same applications. And by adding Tk, you can also wrap interactive applications in X11 GUIs. Expect can make easy all sorts of tasks that are prohibitively difficult with anything else. You will find that Expect is an absolutely invaluable tool - using it, you will be able to automate tasks that you've never even thought of before - and you'll be able to do this automation quickly and easily.

Obtaining

Web pagehttp://expect.nist.gov/
Source tarballhttp://expect.nist.gov/expect.tar.gz
Source informationhttp://expect.nist.gov/#obtaining
Version 5.40.0 (stable) released on 2004-01-30
Licensed under PublicDomain.
This is not a GNU package.

Documentation
User FAQ available in HTML format from http://expect.nist.gov/FAQ.html; User README available in HTML format from http://expect.nist.gov/README.distribution
Support contacts

Help Newscomp.lang.tcl
Developer Newscomp.lang.tcl
Bug Databasehttp://sourceforge.net/tracker/?group_id=13179&atid=113179

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Related information

Source repository:pserver:anonymous@cvs.expect.sourceforge.net:/cvsroot/expect http://sourceforge.net/cvs/?group_id=13179
Interfacesconsole, daemon
Source languagesC
Use requirementsTcl/tk
Related programsdejaGnu

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License verified byJanet Casey <jcasey@gnu.org> on 2002-06-04
Entry compiled byJanet Casey <jcasey@gnu.org>

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