expect

A tool for automating interactive applications

Maintainers

• The Core Planners: chef-core-planners@chef.io

Type of Package

Binary package

Use as Dependency

Binary packages can be set as runtime or build time dependencies. See Defining your dependencies for more information.

To add core/expect as a depdendency, you can add one of the following to your plan file.

Buildtime Dependency

pkg_build_deps=(core/expect)

Runtime Depdendency

pkg_deps=(core/expect)

Use as Tool

Installation

To install this plan, you should run the following commands to first install, and then link the binaries this plan creates.

hab pkg install core/expect

» Installing core/expect

☁ Determining latest version of core/expect in the 'stable' channel

☛ Verifying core/expect/5.45.4/20200306004814

...

✓ Installed core/expect/5.45.4/20200306004814

★ Install of core/expect/5.45.4/20200306004814 complete with 2 new packages installed.

hab pkg binlink core/expect

» Binlinking expect from core/expect into /bin

★ Binlinked expect from core/expect/5.45.4/20200306004814 to /bin/expect

...

Using an example binary

You can now use the binary as normal:

/bin/expect -v or expect -v

expect version 5.45.4