Friends,

I have a lot of Perl modules to install and I don't have internet access to CPAN so I can't use perl -MCPAN method of installing. So I am writting shell script to do the work. 
#!/bin/sh
 
for i in \
perl_mod1 \
perl_mod2 \
perl_mod3
do
        echo "do  $i ?"
        read doit
        if [ $doit = 'y' ]
        then
                rm -rf $i
                tar -xvf ${i}.tar
                cd $i
 
                perl Makefile.PL
                echo "perl makefile.pl okay?"
                read key
 
                make
                echo "make okay?"
                read key
 
                make test
                echo "make test okay?"
                read key
 
#               su root -c "/usr/local/bin/make install"
                expect -c 'spawn su root -c "/usr/local/bin/make insta
+ll"
send -- "rootspasswd\r"
'
                echo "make install okay?"
                read key
 
                cd ..
        else
                echo "okay f it"
        fi
done

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The problem is that expect doesn't seem to be sending the password to su. I know this really a Perl question but I was hoping some of you nice monks might be able to help me?

In reply to Using expect to do make install when installing perl mods by Plankton

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