Hello,
As a part of a software startup test, I need to automate the following:

- Install the new rpm build
- Run a sql script against a database (and parse its output to ensure that no unexpected errors were thrown)
- Run a shell script that is interactive
- Run a perl script that returns some output.
- Parse the output of this perl script to ensure that the expected information is returned.

What is the best way to achieve these tasks sequentially?
Can I use a combination of something like expect (run interactive shell script) and system commands (install rpm etc).
I'm not sure what to do to grep the output of the perl script / run the perl script (system() again?). Are there some perl modules from cpan that you would recommend to use for this task?

I'm feeling slightly overwhelmed and lost...

Thanks!

In reply to Automating Software Install/Startup by warriorsf

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