mamawe:

Looking at the Expect documentation, I'd try a few different things:

• First, I'd try the soft_close function to close the file handle on the sending side. I would expect that would have the desired result of making the recipient process get an EOF.
• Failing that, I'd give the hard_close function a try (since it's just a four-character change).
• The slave function returns a filehandle that you might try closing.
• If neither of those work, then I'd try explicitly setting up the communications file handle and starting Expect using that filehandle. Then when you could explicitly close it when you want.

Note: I've never used Expect, so so take these with a grain of salt. However, while reading the FAQ section, the question "How come when I automate the passwd program to change passwords for me passwd dies before changing the password sometimes/every time?", it leads me to think that soft_close should do the trick.

...roboticus

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