how to start a program using autoexpect

[Kevin O'Gorman]

On Mon, Jul 9, 2012 at 3:51 AM, user1 <bqz69 at telia.com> wrote:
> I am using 12.04
>
> I have installed: expect and expect-dev
>
> Autoexpect is in expect-dev package
>
> When I try to use autoexpect to start firefox I get:
>
> warning: The global `on()` function in content scripts is deprecated in
> favor of the `self.on()` function, which works the same. Replace calls to
> `on()` with calls to `self.on()`
>
> I can run commands like date and ls using autoexpect without problems.
>
> Example on how I use use autoexpect:
>
> $ autoexpect -c  (To start autoexpect session)
>
> $ date   (command I want to be run)
>
> $ exit (or Ctrl+d) - When done autoexpect session
>
> $ ^C (or close bash konsole) - To 'remove' autoexpect session
>
> To run the session:
>
> $ ./script.exp (sitting in /home/myusername/
>
> Anybody know how to start a program using autoexpect?

Your question is unclear.  You just started the program /bin/date in
the snippet in your email.  What more do you want?

-- 
Kevin O'Gorman, PhD