Re: Using expect with ontape, onunload.
Posted in 2000
Carlos Benjamin — — source: Informix-list mailing list archive (1991-1998)
mars1972@my-deja.com wrote:
>What is 'expect'? I've never heard of it...
>
>In article <8F3E89E58tchenuscofinogafr@133.4.1.13>,
> t.chenus@imedia.com wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> I'm planning to use "expect" program to perform ontape and onunload
>jobs on
>> disks. Do you have ever seen a place somewhere where we can find
>generic
>> expect scripts to peform these jobs.
Expect scripts are scripts that 'expect' some data from the machine (like 'LOGIN:') and send the appropriate response. They were used a lot to automate uucp logins.
carlos
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