https://sourceforge.net/p/expect/activity/Recent activity for ExpectenMon, 06 Apr 2026 11:05:56 -0000https://sourceforge.net/p/expect/bugs/107/?limit=25#7cfeThere is now a port of Expect to Tcl 9 at http://github.com/tcltk-depot/expect which houses a number of Tcl packages that are not longer maintained by the original authors.Ashok P. NadkarniMon, 06 Apr 2026 11:05:56 -0000https://sourceforge.net/p/expect/bugs/107/?limit=25#7cfehttps://sourceforge.net/p/expect/bugs/109/Issue in man pagesHelge KreutzmannTue, 06 Jan 2026 14:29:08 -0000https://sourceforge.net/p/expect/bugs/109/https://sourceforge.net/p/expect/discussion/41514/thread/7157e6b35f/?limit=25#4377Hi, Tested on my debian 12 xfce but the script exit immediately and output script.exp is empty : cdo@debian:~/Documents/Christophe/Notes/PC/Expect$ uname -a Linux debian 6.1.0-40-amd64 #1 SMP PREEMPT_DYNAMIC Debian 6.1.153-1 (2025-09-20) x86_64 GNU/Linux cdo@debian:~/Documents/Christophe/Notes/PC/Expect$ expect5.45.4/example/autoexpect autoexpect started, file is script.exp cdo@debian:~/Documents/Christophe/Notes/PC/Expect$ Am I using it wrongly (I read expect5.45.4/example/autoexpect.man) ? Thanks...cdoThu, 06 Nov 2025 13:51:31 -0000https://sourceforge.net/p/expect/discussion/41514/thread/7157e6b35f/?limit=25#4377https://sourceforge.net/p/expect/patches/26/?limit=25#18d9I agree that the behavior is wrong and your patch looks good.Don LibesWed, 27 Aug 2025 00:50:57 -0000https://sourceforge.net/p/expect/patches/26/?limit=25#18d9https://sourceforge.net/p/expect/patches/26/Empty substring at start of bufferAndrew BurgessTue, 26 Aug 2025 10:36:19 -0000https://sourceforge.net/p/expect/patches/26/https://sourceforge.net/p/expect/bugs/107/?limit=25#ac26Hi, I'm the maintainer of the expect package in OpenMandriva. While I don't have the time to take over maintainership of expect properly, I would certainly volunteer to get an expect 5.46 release out of the door that essentially does what we have in our package already: Tcl 9.0 support, support for newer compilers (without needing -fpermissive), and a few assorted bugfixes.Bernhard RosenkraenzerFri, 14 Mar 2025 04:00:18 -0000https://sourceforge.net/p/expect/bugs/107/?limit=25#ac26https://sourceforge.net/p/expect/support-requests/10/Expect package is not thread safeJP CaronFri, 10 Jan 2025 15:05:01 -0000https://sourceforge.net/p/expect/support-requests/10/https://sourceforge.net/p/expect/bugs/107/?limit=25#f2e0Anyone interested in maintainership is most welcome to take over. I'm unfortunately not a daily expect user for many years now and not dependent on it, so I'm really not suitable. Also my family has expanded since I took over and little free time is spent on programming these days!Nils CarlsonSun, 29 Dec 2024 21:50:03 -0000https://sourceforge.net/p/expect/bugs/107/?limit=25#f2e0https://sourceforge.net/p/expect/bugs/108/?limit=25#9333This is fixed in the contributed 5.45.4.1 version linked from the Tcl 9.0 porting page at https://wiki.tcl-lang.org/page/Porting+extensions+to+Tcl+9 -- which also works with Tcl 9.0.Brett NeumeierSun, 29 Dec 2024 19:38:23 -0000https://sourceforge.net/p/expect/bugs/108/?limit=25#9333https://sourceforge.net/p/expect/bugs/107/?limit=25#344aFYI: the released version 5.45.4 of Expect does not work with the newly-released Tcl 9.0. There is a contributed port mentioned on the 9.0 porting page (https://wiki.tcl-lang.org/page/Porting+extensions+to+Tcl+9), which as of 2024-12 can be obtained from https://www.tcl3d.org/bawt/download/InputLibs/expect-5.45.4.1.7z The porting page says that it doesn't work with GCC 14.x, but if you configure it with CFLAGS including -fpermissive, it does.Brett NeumeierSun, 29 Dec 2024 19:36:36 -0000https://sourceforge.net/p/expect/bugs/107/?limit=25#344ahttps://sourceforge.net/p/expect/support-requests/9/Heuristic for distinguishing Expect files from other files that might use the '*.exp' file extensionEric GallagerTue, 27 Aug 2024 07:00:12 -0000https://sourceforge.net/p/expect/support-requests/9/https://sourceforge.net/p/expect/bugs/107/?limit=25#7596The GNU Toolchain (GCC, GDB, binutils) still relies heavily on expect for its various testsuites, so it would be a huge problem for the project if expect were to be EOL-ed...Eric GallagerTue, 27 Aug 2024 06:46:00 -0000https://sourceforge.net/p/expect/bugs/107/?limit=25#7596https://sourceforge.net/p/expect/patches/25/Allow cross-compilingRoss BurtonTue, 18 Jun 2024 10:49:02 -0000https://sourceforge.net/p/expect/patches/25/https://sourceforge.net/p/expect/feature-requests/8/?limit=25#4be1I agree. This is on my to-do list, I'm afraid I've very much neglected expect since covid.Nils CarlsonSun, 07 Apr 2024 10:49:06 -0000https://sourceforge.net/p/expect/feature-requests/8/?limit=25#4be1https://sourceforge.net/p/expect/patches/24/?limit=25#efc3And another fix for exp_chan.c. This ports expect to the current channel code (I hope).Florian WeimerWed, 17 Jan 2024 19:15:10 -0000https://sourceforge.net/p/expect/patches/24/?limit=25#efc3https://sourceforge.net/p/expect/feature-requests/8/move VCS to gitTomasz KłoczkoSun, 20 Aug 2023 12:26:57 -0000https://sourceforge.net/p/expect/feature-requests/8/https://sourceforge.net/p/expect/support-requests/8/?limit=25#8bf8The previous strace output was missing spawned threads, here is a more complete one: [ 3166] open(0xffffffff, "/dev/tty", O_RDWR, 0x0) = 0x3 (30 us) [ 3166] ioctl(0x3, TCGETA, 0x1c322f83560, 0x0) = 0x0 No error (16 us) [ 3166] ioctl(0x3, TIOCGWINSZ, 0x1c322f83170, 0xd40ccc888c) = 0x0 No error (14 us) [ 3166] ioctl(0x0, TCGETA, 0x7f60df9cf360, 0x20) = 0x0 No error (14 us) [ 3166] ioctl(0x1, TCGETA, 0x7f60df9cf360, 0x20) = 0x0 No error (13 us) [ 3166] ioctl(0x0, TCGETA, 0x7f60df9cf340, 0x20) = 0x0...Adrien DestuguesSun, 02 Jul 2023 08:53:55 -0000https://sourceforge.net/p/expect/support-requests/8/?limit=25#8bf8https://sourceforge.net/p/expect/support-requests/8/?limit=25#d301/b84aI have now fixed that bug: closing the pty was not unblocking poll()/select() waiting for read events on the other side of it. However, that didn't help: expect is still not noticing when the pty is closed by the child exiting.Adrien DestuguesSun, 02 Jul 2023 08:40:51 -0000https://sourceforge.net/p/expect/support-requests/8/?limit=25#d301/b84ahttps://sourceforge.net/p/expect/support-requests/8/?limit=25#d301I have made some testing of PTY behavior in Haiku and I think I found a bug: https://dev.haiku-os.org/ticket/18486 However, I am not sure where in expect or in tcl this would come into play, as I didn't find an use of select or poll (probably I just missed it because I don't know where to look).Adrien DestuguesSat, 01 Jul 2023 13:40:22 -0000https://sourceforge.net/p/expect/support-requests/8/?limit=25#d301https://sourceforge.net/p/expect/support-requests/8/?limit=25#7128The PTY system is configured to use openpty and should behave similarly to the BSDs, but of course, there could be bugs. It seems to be working except for the end of file detection. For example if I do: spawn echo hi expect hi This is working fine. Yes, we have strace. Here is the trace on Haiku: [ 3199] open(0xffffffff, "/dev/tty", O_RDWR, 0x0) = 0x3 (31 us) [ 3199] ioctl(0x3, TCGETA, 0x1491b524560, 0x0) = 0x0 No error (14 us) [ 3199] ioctl(0x3, TIOCGWINSZ, 0x1491b524170, 0x1d907acf8bc) = 0x0 No...Adrien DestuguesSat, 01 Jul 2023 08:44:38 -0000https://sourceforge.net/p/expect/support-requests/8/?limit=25#7128https://sourceforge.net/p/expect/support-requests/8/?limit=25#e0d7/c1e0Tcl's channel system will use Expect's input handler (ExpInputProc in exp_chan.c) so verify whether ExpInputProc is even being called. The input handler basically just does a read() which should return immediately IF the pty has been properly configured. Pty misconfiguration is the most likely issue for a new port since every OS loves to have its own pty variant. Verify that configure is choosing the right implementation. If there is no right implementation, might require a comparison of other's...Don LibesSat, 01 Jul 2023 06:30:17 -0000https://sourceforge.net/p/expect/support-requests/8/?limit=25#e0d7/c1e0https://sourceforge.net/p/expect/support-requests/8/?limit=25#e0d7Hi, Normally (on Linux) the best way to debug these sorts of issues are with strace. I don't know if something similar is available on Haiku? Regards, Nils On 30 June 2023 at 22:49:22 +02:00, Adrien Destugues pulkomandy@users.sourceforge.net wrote: [support-requests:#8] https://sourceforge.net/p/expect/support-requests/8/ Expect on Haiku fails to wait for end of file Status: open Group: Created: Fri Jun 30, 2023 08:49 PM UTC by Adrien Destugues Last Updated: Fri Jun 30, 2023 08:49 PM UTC Owner: nobody...Nils CarlsonSat, 01 Jul 2023 05:44:27 -0000https://sourceforge.net/p/expect/support-requests/8/?limit=25#e0d7https://sourceforge.net/p/expect/support-requests/8/Expect on Haiku fails to wait for end of fileAdrien DestuguesFri, 30 Jun 2023 20:49:21 -0000https://sourceforge.net/p/expect/support-requests/8/https://sourceforge.net/p/expect/patches/24/?limit=25#6759Additional changes are required in the configure script. I'm attaching what we will be using in Fedora.Florian WeimerFri, 18 Nov 2022 08:34:19 -0000https://sourceforge.net/p/expect/patches/24/?limit=25#6759https://sourceforge.net/p/expect/patches/24/Fix build with clang 15+Khem RajTue, 16 Aug 2022 01:34:40 -0000https://sourceforge.net/p/expect/patches/24/https://sourceforge.net/p/expect/bugs/108/Outdated config.guess file cannot recognize riscv64 platformxctanMon, 01 Aug 2022 11:06:47 -0000https://sourceforge.net/p/expect/bugs/108/https://sourceforge.net/p/expect/bugs/107/?limit=25#fa58I'm not doing expect maintenance any more but I can offer some advice: The reasons to include Tcl's internal headers were largely for the Tcl debugger (not an essential tool - can simply be deleted) and to use Expect as a standalone C library (skip it - it's not needed to run Expect). Regarding the use of "open" as a function, Expect itself calls the system open(). Expect does not have its own open().Don LibesWed, 22 Jun 2022 04:23:55 -0000https://sourceforge.net/p/expect/bugs/107/?limit=25#fa58https://sourceforge.net/p/expect/bugs/107/?limit=25#34bdWe have patches to add support for MirBSD and DragonFly, and now SCO/SVR5. The build system seems to do different things per platform (lib naming), and in pkgsrc that's a bug. There's no static lib and the dynamic lib doesn't have the normal naming (with a major/minor version). We have a workaround for deadlocks on solaris and linux. The code uses "open" as a procedure name which fails on SVR5 (and is dodgy anyway as shadowing is at best boggling). pkgsrc is stable, but these should be applied upstream,...Greg TroxelMon, 20 Jun 2022 12:18:10 -0000https://sourceforge.net/p/expect/bugs/107/?limit=25#34bdhttps://sourceforge.net/p/expect/bugs/107/?limit=25#fb2fHi, This is unfortunately largely true - I will contact the tcl community and discuss the way forward - I have no time to work on expect any longer - and after a job switch no professional use for it. This makes my maintainer role less than ideal - I have a bunch of unreleased bug fixes though which I hope to push. Let me know if there's anything specific you're missing. Also - with large scale refactoring ongoing for tcl 9 expect is in a difficult situation - it relies on internal TCL headers. Cheers,...Nils CarlsonMon, 20 Jun 2022 07:07:33 -0000https://sourceforge.net/p/expect/bugs/107/?limit=25#fb2fhttps://sourceforge.net/p/expect/bugs/107/expect appears to be unmaintainedGreg TroxelSun, 19 Jun 2022 22:33:17 -0000https://sourceforge.net/p/expect/bugs/107/https://sourceforge.net/p/expect/bugs/106/?limit=25#99f6This works in 5.45, fails in 5.45.4.Daniel DruckerSun, 23 May 2021 14:16:02 -0000https://sourceforge.net/p/expect/bugs/106/?limit=25#99f6https://sourceforge.net/p/expect/bugs/106/stty returns 0 rows and columns on Apple M1Daniel DruckerSun, 23 May 2021 12:55:22 -0000https://sourceforge.net/p/expect/bugs/106/https://sourceforge.net/p/expect/discussion/41513/thread/264f93ada8/?limit=25#e763I'm trying to build expect from the 5.45.4 sources for an ARM Linux target. I've got TCL v8.6.11 building fine for said target, but am getting errors when configuring expect. It indicates: checking if WNOHANG requires _POSIX_SOURCE... configure: error: Expect can't be cross compiled In searching the net I found a couple references to this issue, but links were to old posts which I couldn't retrieve. Anyone have any suggestions?lordvictoryWed, 17 Feb 2021 18:38:50 -0000https://sourceforge.net/p/expect/discussion/41513/thread/264f93ada8/?limit=25#e763https://sourceforge.net/p/expect/support-requests/7/?limit=25#41b4Correction: Not another version of tclsh but rather a script called tclsh which does something unexpected. If the irregular tclsh occurs in PATH, prior to /usr/bin/tclsh then something unexpected may occur. The remedy, I still think, is to call /usr/bin/tclsh rather than tclshClint JohnsonTue, 04 Aug 2020 20:08:52 -0000https://sourceforge.net/p/expect/support-requests/7/?limit=25#41b4https://sourceforge.net/p/expect/support-requests/7/unbuffer may be incompatible with other versions of tclsh in PATHClint JohnsonThu, 02 Jul 2020 00:45:33 -0000https://sourceforge.net/p/expect/support-requests/7/https://sourceforge.net/p/expect/patches/23/[PATCH] fix fd leakNils CarlsonSun, 31 May 2020 14:17:37 -0000https://sourceforge.net/p/expect/patches/23/https://sourceforge.net/p/expect/patches/23/?limit=25#cf90Applied the second one - but changed the #elsepu to #else. Thank you.Nils CarlsonSun, 31 May 2020 14:17:05 -0000https://sourceforge.net/p/expect/patches/23/?limit=25#cf90https://sourceforge.net/p/expect/patches/23/?limit=25#51ee/7540In principle it looks good - except why do you use '#elsepu' and not '#else'?Nils CarlsonSat, 30 May 2020 18:36:33 -0000https://sourceforge.net/p/expect/patches/23/?limit=25#51ee/7540https://sourceforge.net/p/expect/patches/23/?limit=25#51eeThere is a mistake in the previous version... This one should be better.Clément ChigotThu, 28 May 2020 09:29:14 -0000https://sourceforge.net/p/expect/patches/23/?limit=25#51eehttps://sourceforge.net/p/expect/patches/23/[PATCH] fix fd leakClément ChigotWed, 27 May 2020 12:12:03 -0000https://sourceforge.net/p/expect/patches/23/https://sourceforge.net/p/expect/bugs/105/CONST84 is deprecated, change to constNils CarlsonThu, 21 May 2020 16:56:31 -0000https://sourceforge.net/p/expect/bugs/105/https://sourceforge.net/p/expect/bugs/105/?limit=25#9baddone. Thank you.Nils CarlsonThu, 21 May 2020 16:56:18 -0000https://sourceforge.net/p/expect/bugs/105/?limit=25#9badhttps://sourceforge.net/p/expect/patches/15/Fix most of compiler warnings (and some errors)Nils CarlsonThu, 21 May 2020 16:49:24 -0000https://sourceforge.net/p/expect/patches/15/https://sourceforge.net/p/expect/patches/15/?limit=25#a107Applied! Thank you!Nils CarlsonThu, 21 May 2020 16:48:42 -0000https://sourceforge.net/p/expect/patches/15/?limit=25#a107https://sourceforge.net/p/expect/support-requests/6/compling agains tcl8.7.a4 failsTillmann BasienFri, 20 Dec 2019 10:27:23 -0000https://sourceforge.net/p/expect/support-requests/6/https://sourceforge.net/p/expect/patches/13/?limit=25#cc60I had a look at it, I'm unsure the patch fixes it. I will try to re-verify it again against the latest tcl.Nils CarlsonFri, 18 Oct 2019 15:32:11 -0000https://sourceforge.net/p/expect/patches/13/?limit=25#cc60https://sourceforge.net/p/expect/patches/13/?limit=25#35d1any news about this issue?ramokTue, 15 Oct 2019 05:51:10 -0000https://sourceforge.net/p/expect/patches/13/?limit=25#35d1https://sourceforge.net/p/expect/bugs/105/CONST84 is deprecated, change to constPeter da SilvaFri, 12 Jul 2019 15:53:42 -0000https://sourceforge.net/p/expect/bugs/105/https://sourceforge.net/p/expect/discussion/41514/thread/c74b9604f2/?limit=25#8e19Hi All, Based on one of the topics posted here, i have designed my expect script to return the exit code but for some reason it keeps on running and doesnt exit at all I am using the below script to -get a file from the remote server -delete the file after the transfer is complete Below is the code written set timeout 30 set user [lindex $argv 0] set pass [lindex $argv 1] set host [lindex $argv 2] set remote_file [lindex $argv 3] set local_file [lindex $argv 4] set port [lindex $argv 5] if {$port...Allen KuruvilaMon, 11 Feb 2019 23:07:43 -0000https://sourceforge.net/p/expect/discussion/41514/thread/c74b9604f2/?limit=25#8e19https://sourceforge.net/p/expect/support-requests/5/?limit=25#ad74Good day ! Help please can not understand what is the problem. On short messages, everything works fine. On a long message, the Match Buffer is rewritten and does not find “OK.” Then it falls off by timeout.Oleg ZhavoronkovFri, 07 Dec 2018 12:18:30 -0000https://sourceforge.net/p/expect/support-requests/5/?limit=25#ad74https://sourceforge.net/p/expect/support-requests/5/?limit=25#c586Program for libexpect match buffer overwrite!Oleg ZhavoronkovFri, 07 Dec 2018 12:15:11 -0000https://sourceforge.net/p/expect/support-requests/5/?limit=25#c586https://sourceforge.net/p/expect/support-requests/5/libexpect match buffer overwrite!Oleg ZhavoronkovFri, 07 Dec 2018 12:12:17 -0000https://sourceforge.net/p/expect/support-requests/5/https://sourceforge.net/p/expect/bugs/91/?limit=25#6324It just returns exit code 0 when the interpreter finds syntax errors. So the following example has "set -e", but the script does not stop. I am afraid that unit-tests could not find the bug depending on how they are written. (Actually this happened in a production environment, an app calls the script) # cat ./foo.sh #!/bin/bash set -e expect -c " spawn \"wrong syntax\" " echo $? # ./foo.sh spawn wrong syntax couldn't execute "wrong syntax": no such file or directory while executing "spawn "wrong...mijiesSat, 27 Oct 2018 11:39:07 -0000https://sourceforge.net/p/expect/bugs/91/?limit=25#6324https://sourceforge.net/p/expect/bugs/91/?limit=25#6324It just returns exit code 0 when the interpreter finds syntax errors. So the following example has "set -e", but the script does not stop. I am afraid that unit-tests could not find the bug depending on how they are written. (Actually this happened in a production environment, an app calls the script) foo.sh 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8#!/bin/bash set -e expect -c " spawn \"wrong syntax\" " echo $? # ./foo.sh spawn wrong syntax couldn't execute "wrong syntax": no such file or directory while executing "spawn...mijiesSat, 27 Oct 2018 11:38:14 -0000https://sourceforge.net/p/expect/bugs/91/?limit=25#6324https://sourceforge.net/p/expect/patches/14/?limit=25#5169AnonymousWed, 26 Sep 2018 14:05:22 -0000https://sourceforge.net/p/expect/patches/14/?limit=25#5169https://sourceforge.net/p/expect/patches/14/?limit=25#5169AnonymousWed, 26 Sep 2018 12:56:00 -0000https://sourceforge.net/p/expect/patches/14/?limit=25#5169https://sourceforge.net/p/expect/discussion/41513/thread/57726bb9/?limit=25#de49"Y$fr5dk" won't work unless you escape the $ with a \ like this: "Y\$fr5dk"Joe WalkerMon, 13 Aug 2018 19:53:15 -0000https://sourceforge.net/p/expect/discussion/41513/thread/57726bb9/?limit=25#de49https://sourceforge.net/p/expect/patches/14/Fix for coping with 0 from Tcl_ReadChars()Nils CarlsonFri, 27 Apr 2018 21:05:43 -0000https://sourceforge.net/p/expect/patches/14/https://sourceforge.net/p/expect/patches/14/?limit=25#2ea8Closing, should already be fixed by now.Nils CarlsonFri, 27 Apr 2018 21:05:13 -0000https://sourceforge.net/p/expect/patches/14/?limit=25#2ea8https://sourceforge.net/p/expect/bugs/104/?limit=25#a4b7/08efWould installing to /usr/local/ on other Unix platforms work too? On Sun, Apr 15, 2018 at 2:58 PM, Nils Carlson pyssling@users.sourceforge.net wrote: I guess instrutions could be added to the web page, or we could try to autodect mac os x and change the default path. [bugs:#104] https://sourceforge.net/p/expect/bugs/104/ install fails on OS X 10.13* Status: open Group: Labels: install OS X Created: Fri Apr 13, 2018 10:54 PM UTC by Caleb Fujimori Last Updated: Fri Apr 13, 2018 10:54 PM UTC Owner:...Caleb FujimoriMon, 16 Apr 2018 21:38:17 -0000https://sourceforge.net/p/expect/bugs/104/?limit=25#a4b7/08efhttps://sourceforge.net/p/expect/bugs/104/?limit=25#a4b7I guess instrutions could be added to the web page, or we could try to autodect mac os x and change the default path.Nils CarlsonSun, 15 Apr 2018 21:58:43 -0000https://sourceforge.net/p/expect/bugs/104/?limit=25#a4b7https://sourceforge.net/p/expect/bugs/104/install fails on OS X 10.13Caleb FujimoriFri, 13 Apr 2018 22:54:34 -0000https://sourceforge.net/p/expect/bugs/104/https://sourceforge.net/p/expect/bugs/103/?limit=25#ae45Hi Matt, I'll try to have a look at this over the coming days. Cheers, NilsNils CarlsonSat, 17 Mar 2018 20:39:23 -0000https://sourceforge.net/p/expect/bugs/103/?limit=25#ae45https://sourceforge.net/p/expect/bugs/103/trap command affecting return values regardless of -code flagMatt AdamsSat, 17 Mar 2018 18:02:06 -0000https://sourceforge.net/p/expect/bugs/103/https://sourceforge.net/p/expect/discussion/41514/thread/6d98cda8/?limit=25#8406/3a92It is definitely a router thing. I have tried escaping the bracket but it just wont thru an expect script. I can ssh into the router and issue the command directly with no problems.James CooleyMon, 26 Feb 2018 22:33:38 -0000https://sourceforge.net/p/expect/discussion/41514/thread/6d98cda8/?limit=25#8406/3a92https://sourceforge.net/p/expect/patches/13/?limit=25#cdb3Ok, I've managed to sort of reproduce this. expect eats up available memory, but actually seems to manage steady memory use if forced to do so by putting it in a cgroup. I will have a look at the patch tomorrow I hope. I see it involves refcounts which is a tricky area. Cheers, NilsNils CarlsonSat, 24 Feb 2018 21:02:05 -0000https://sourceforge.net/p/expect/patches/13/?limit=25#cdb3https://sourceforge.net/p/expect/patches/13/expect memory leak by using -reNils CarlsonSat, 24 Feb 2018 19:51:16 -0000https://sourceforge.net/p/expect/patches/13/https://sourceforge.net/p/expect/patches/13/?limit=25#f75bHi, sorry for the delay. I'm looking into this now.Nils CarlsonSat, 24 Feb 2018 19:50:56 -0000https://sourceforge.net/p/expect/patches/13/?limit=25#f75bhttps://sourceforge.net/p/expect/discussion/41514/thread/6d98cda8/?limit=25#8406Hi James, I tried modifying the script to run "echo" instead of the /user command. This produced the intended output. Is it possible this is an issue with the router perhaps? It could be that ] is a sensitive character. Sometimes these constitute an escape sequence.Nils CarlsonSat, 24 Feb 2018 19:48:21 -0000https://sourceforge.net/p/expect/discussion/41514/thread/6d98cda8/?limit=25#8406https://sourceforge.net/p/expect/discussion/41514/thread/6d98cda8/?limit=25#faa5I have a script that we are trying to use to change passwords on Mikrotik routers. I have the password we use contains a right bracket and when the script is run everything from the right bracket on gets left off. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12#!/usr/bin/expect set user "jamesc" set password "password" set ipaddr [lindex $argv 0] set sshport 22210 set date [clock format [clock seconds] -format {%Y-%m-%d}] set newpass "lan3\+\]2081" spawn ssh $user@$ipaddr -p $sshport "/user set 0 password=$newpass" expect...James CooleyFri, 23 Feb 2018 20:31:18 -0000https://sourceforge.net/p/expect/discussion/41514/thread/6d98cda8/?limit=25#faa5https://sourceforge.net/p/expect/patches/13/?limit=25#9435Any possibility of getting this issue resolved? I cannot attest that gate_patch is correct, but it solves the immediate problem I have when running a long-running -re-heavy process under expect. As it stands I have to cap the process's memory and restart it when it takes up too much, which is irritating, to say the least. Thanks. --nwf;Nathaniel FilardoSat, 10 Feb 2018 23:30:40 -0000https://sourceforge.net/p/expect/patches/13/?limit=25#9435https://sourceforge.net/p/expect/bugs/99/Please add a tag and a downloadable file for version 5.45.3Nils CarlsonSun, 04 Feb 2018 18:30:32 -0000https://sourceforge.net/p/expect/bugs/99/https://sourceforge.net/p/expect/bugs/99/?limit=25#6eedDone.Nils CarlsonSun, 04 Feb 2018 18:30:07 -0000https://sourceforge.net/p/expect/bugs/99/?limit=25#6eedhttps://sourceforge.net/p/expect/bugs/100/expIRead misinterprets "0 bytes read" as EOFNils CarlsonSun, 04 Feb 2018 18:29:32 -0000https://sourceforge.net/p/expect/bugs/100/https://sourceforge.net/p/expect/bugs/100/?limit=25#32b6Fixed in 5.45.3 .Nils CarlsonSun, 04 Feb 2018 18:29:32 -0000https://sourceforge.net/p/expect/bugs/100/?limit=25#32b6https://sourceforge.net/p/expect/patches/22/?limit=25#97f1This is great, thanks again!Jack BatesSun, 04 Feb 2018 18:12:03 -0000https://sourceforge.net/p/expect/patches/22/?limit=25#97f1https://sourceforge.net/p/expect/patches/22/interact mistakes Tcl_InputBlocked for EOFNils CarlsonSun, 04 Feb 2018 11:11:17 -0000https://sourceforge.net/p/expect/patches/22/https://sourceforge.net/p/expect/patches/22/?limit=25#4dd5This is now fixed in the expect 5.45.4 release.Nils CarlsonSun, 04 Feb 2018 11:11:02 -0000https://sourceforge.net/p/expect/patches/22/?limit=25#4dd5https://sourceforge.net/p/expect/patches/21/Another fix for the EOF processing bugNils CarlsonSun, 04 Feb 2018 11:10:10 -0000https://sourceforge.net/p/expect/patches/21/https://sourceforge.net/p/expect/patches/21/?limit=25#d6a6This is now fixed in expect 5.45.4 . Thanks a bundle, will try to add testing for these cases in not too long.Nils CarlsonSun, 04 Feb 2018 11:08:55 -0000https://sourceforge.net/p/expect/patches/21/?limit=25#d6a6https://sourceforge.nethttps%3A//sourceforge.net/projects/expect/files/Expect/5.45.4/expect5.45.4.tar.gz.SHA256/downloadExpectSun, 04 Feb 2018 11:06:01 -0000https://sourceforge.net/projects/expect/files/Expect/5.45.4/expect5.45.4.tar.gz.SHA256/downloadhttps://sourceforge.nethttps%3A//sourceforge.net/projects/expect/files/Expect/5.45.4/expect5.45.4.tar.gz/downloadExpectSun, 04 Feb 2018 11:05:03 -0000https://sourceforge.net/projects/expect/files/Expect/5.45.4/expect5.45.4.tar.gz/downloadhttps://sourceforge.net/p/expect/patches/22/?limit=25#1744Awesome, thank you!Jack BatesSat, 03 Feb 2018 15:39:07 -0000https://sourceforge.net/p/expect/patches/22/?limit=25#1744https://sourceforge.net/p/expect/patches/22/?limit=25#383fHi, thank you for the patch. I will try to create a release witht he fix during this weekend once I have verified it.Nils CarlsonSat, 03 Feb 2018 09:52:44 -0000https://sourceforge.net/p/expect/patches/22/?limit=25#383fhttps://sourceforge.net/p/expect/patches/22/interact mistakes Tcl_InputBlocked for EOFJack BatesMon, 29 Jan 2018 22:26:46 -0000https://sourceforge.net/p/expect/patches/22/https://sourceforge.nethttps%3A//sourceforge.net/projects/expect/files/Expect/5.45.3/expect5.45.3.tar.gz.SHA256/downloadExpectFri, 13 Oct 2017 22:16:02 -0000https://sourceforge.net/projects/expect/files/Expect/5.45.3/expect5.45.3.tar.gz.SHA256/downloadhttps://sourceforge.nethttps%3A//sourceforge.net/projects/expect/files/Expect/5.45.3/expect5.45.3.tar.gz/downloadExpectFri, 13 Oct 2017 22:11:04 -0000https://sourceforge.net/projects/expect/files/Expect/5.45.3/expect5.45.3.tar.gz/downloadhttps://sourceforge.net/p/expect/discussion/41513/thread/d1999134/?limit=25#6870Hello to all, Here is the issue - I have a perl script that builds an expect script that spawns an ssh sesion on a number of different servers - after ssh a script is run that builds stuff from dbs. Here is the issue: This script runs perfectly about 90% of the time - spawns the session, runs the script and we are all happy campers. Then out of the blue it decides to only run on 2 servers of three. When we kill the master job that does the spawing it again runs on all the servers. the basic script...Joseph NorrisMon, 17 Jul 2017 23:38:03 -0000https://sourceforge.net/p/expect/discussion/41513/thread/d1999134/?limit=25#6870https://sourceforge.net/p/expect/patches/21/Another fix for the EOF processing bugSergei GolovanSun, 16 Jul 2017 09:36:48 -0000https://sourceforge.net/p/expect/patches/21/https://sourceforge.net/p/expect/discussion/41513/thread/985531c0/?limit=25#0751I found a command to directly scp my file to a host (C) via another host (B) from my computer. The command is in this form: scp -oProxyCommand="ssh -W %h:%p B" thefile C:destination I used it and it works good in command line. but when I want to write an expect script using this command, I got some errors. the script I've written is in this form: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7#!/usr/bin/expect set arg1 [lindex $argv 0] spawn scp -oProxyCommand="ssh -W %h:%p B" ./$arg1 C:destination interact and the error is: unknown...Mostafa TavakoliSun, 11 Jun 2017 01:33:24 -0000https://sourceforge.net/p/expect/discussion/41513/thread/985531c0/?limit=25#0751https://sourceforge.net/p/expect/discussion/41513/thread/985531c0/?limit=25#0751I found a command to directly scp my file to a host (C) via another host (B) from my computer. The command is in this form: scp -oProxyCommand="ssh -W %h:%p B" thefile C:destination I used it and it works good in command line. but when I want to write an expect script using this command, I got some errors. the script I've written is in this form: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7#!/usr/bin/expect set arg1 [lindex $argv 0] spawn scp -oProxyCommand="ssh -W %h:%p B" ./$arg1 C:destination interact and the error is: unknown...Mostafa TavakoliSun, 11 Jun 2017 01:32:50 -0000https://sourceforge.net/p/expect/discussion/41513/thread/985531c0/?limit=25#0751https://sourceforge.net/p/expect/discussion/41514/thread/8a3da3e3/?limit=25#9704Using tclsh & expect with binary data. Here is a test program xxx.tcl from my real...Rick RichardsonWed, 08 Mar 2017 02:24:19 -0000https://sourceforge.net/p/expect/discussion/41514/thread/8a3da3e3/?limit=25#9704https://sourceforge.net/p/expect/patches/14/?limit=25#5169AnonymousFri, 30 Dec 2016 18:21:31 -0000https://sourceforge.net/p/expect/patches/14/?limit=25#5169https://sourceforge.net/p/expect/patches/14/?limit=25#5169AnonymousSat, 24 Dec 2016 00:35:28 -0000https://sourceforge.net/p/expect/patches/14/?limit=25#5169https://sourceforge.net/p/expect/patches/14/?limit=25#5169AnonymousSat, 24 Dec 2016 00:03:59 -0000https://sourceforge.net/p/expect/patches/14/?limit=25#5169https://sourceforge.net/p/expect/patches/14/?limit=25#5169AnonymousFri, 23 Dec 2016 23:47:38 -0000https://sourceforge.net/p/expect/patches/14/?limit=25#5169https://sourceforge.net/p/expect/bugs/102/?limit=25#d2c6It was a choice made for efficiency rather than elegance, sorry. It didn't seem worth...Don LibesWed, 21 Dec 2016 03:33:21 -0000https://sourceforge.net/p/expect/bugs/102/?limit=25#d2c6https://sourceforge.net/p/expect/bugs/102/?limit=25#6e6bThanks Don for the quick response. I did not know you are still working on Expect....dearvoidWed, 21 Dec 2016 03:11:49 -0000https://sourceforge.net/p/expect/bugs/102/?limit=25#6e6bhttps://sourceforge.net/p/expect/bugs/102/?limit=25#6a2eYou can complain about the design but it's not a bug. That behavior is documented....Don LibesTue, 20 Dec 2016 21:59:13 -0000https://sourceforge.net/p/expect/bugs/102/?limit=25#6a2e