
	Expect.pm Ver. 1.08

To install Expect you will also need IO::Stty from CPAN.  You will
also need IO::Tty which can be found in Graham Barr's directory on any
CPAN site. For each of these the usual

  perl Makefile.PL
  make
  make install

should work. I haven't implemented a make test for either IO::Stty or
Expect.  It would probably be wise to read the docs on IO::Tty before
doing a make install with it.

[There now is also a Bundle::Expect that installs everything for you if you
use CPAN.pm --Roland]

The Expect for Perl module was inspired more by the functionality the
Tcl tool provides than any previous Expect-like tool such as Comm.pl
or chat2.pl.  I've had some comments that people may not have heard of
the original Tcl version of Expect, or where documentation (book form)
on Expect may be obtained.

The Tcl version of expect is a creation of Don Libes (libes@nist.gov).
The Tcl Expect home page is http://expect.nist.gov/. Don has written
an excellent in-depth tutorial of the Tcl Expect, which is _Exploring
Expect_. It is the O'reilly book with the monkey on the front. Don has
several references to other articles on the Expect web page.

As always, please let me know if there's something you'd like to see
documented that isn't. Please check the included FAQ and tutorial
directory first. :-)

Thanks,

Austin Schutz (retired module maintainer)
tex@habit.com

Roland Giersig (new module maintainer)
RGiersig@users.sourceforge.net

2000-09-20
