From: "Ara.T.Howard" <ahoward@...>
Date: 2004-04-15T01:54:20+09:00
Subject: Re: ruby pty/expect help

On Thu, 15 Apr 2004, ts wrote:

> >>>>> "A" == Ara T Howard <ahoward@fattire.ngdc.noaa.gov> writes:
> 
> A> without the read it generates the expected output, but no id_rsa file is
> A> produced and no error is given...  doesn't the call to IO.expect do the reading
> A> anyhow?  also, the example in ext/pty/example_expect.rb doesn't seem to do any
> A> reading either? 
> 
>  Without the read it don't give an error and don't generate the id_rsa
>  files. 
> 
>  With the read it give an error and generate the id_rsa files, no ?
> 
>  Then protect the read :-)

> 
> 
> 
> Guy DEcoux


guy-

you are a saint.  why on earth would one be __required__ to do a read which
generates an error?  and why don't the example scripts do this?

-a
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