| Pexpect is a Pure Python Expect-like module | |
| Pexpect makes Python a better tool for controlling other applications. | |
| Pexpect is a pure Python module for spawning child applications; controlling | |
| them; and responding to expected patterns in their output. Pexpect works like | |
| Don Libes' Expect. Pexpect allows your script to spawn a child application and | |
| control it as if a human were typing commands. | |
| Pexpect can be used for automating interactive applications such as ssh, ftp, | |
| passwd, telnet, etc. It can be used to a automate setup scripts for | |
| duplicating software package installations on different servers. It can be | |
| used for automated software testing. Pexpect is in the spirit of Don Libes' | |
| Expect, but Pexpect is pure Python. Unlike other Expect-like modules for | |
| Python, Pexpect does not require TCL or Expect nor does it require C | |
| extensions to be compiled. It should work on any platform that supports the | |
| standard Python pty module. The Pexpect interface was designed to be easy to use. | |
| If you want to work with the development version of the source code then please | |
| read the DEVELOPERS document in the root of the source code tree. | |
| Free, open source, and all that good stuff. | |
| Pexpect Copyright (c) 2008 Noah Spurrier | |
| Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy | |
| of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal | |
| in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights | |
| to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell | |
| copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is | |
| furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions: | |
| The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all | |
| copies or substantial portions of the Software. | |
| THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, | |
| EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF | |
| MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. | |
| IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, | |
| DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR | |
| OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE | |
| USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE. | |
| Noah Spurrier | |
| http://pexpect.sourceforge.net/ | |