expect-lite Cygwin
Author: Craig Miller
Description: Automation for the rest of us
Keywords: test testing automation expec-lite script expect project google

# expect-lite ## Automation for the rest of us with Windows |  |  | ## Using expect-lite with Cygwin Althought expect-lite was initially created for the Linux environment, there are many users of expect-lite using windows and cygwin. Version 4.0.1, has been tested extensively on cygwin. Unfortunately, the current version of expect, used by expect-lite, in cygwin is quite old (2003). NOTE (June 2012): versions 4.2.0 thru 4.30 will not work with the old version of expect in cygwin. This has been fixed in 4.3.1 ## Limitations of using the old cygwin expect from 2003 The Powerful new Debugger in expect-lite is using underlying features of expect which are just not available in the 2003 version. Although expect-lite script should execute without problem, some of the newer cool debugger features will not work correctly. The limitations in the Debugger are: Copy/Paste expect-lites into the debugger - not supported. A warning will be printed when entering the Debugger Debugger commands: must use back-quote ` rather than the escape key ## There is a newer version of expect available I have compiled the CVS version of expect 5.45 for cygwin. A tar file is available which includes the expect binary, and required libraries. Download the newer version of expect, and unleash the full potential of expect-lite on your cygwin system. To install the tarball, untar from the root cd / tar xvzf cygwin_expect_5_45.tar.gz To verify new version type: expect -v If anyone has experience creating Cygwin packages, please drop me a note, I would like to update the version expect in the Cygwin repository.

27 June 2012
http://expect-lite.sourceforge.net/
this document for version 4.3.1 and above