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From: Tim Golden on 5 Aug 2010 10:56 On 05/08/2010 15:56, Chris Withers wrote: > Tim Golden wrote: >> On 05/08/2010 15:49, Chris Withers wrote: >>> Tim Golden wrote: >>>>>> See http://pexpect.sf.net for a python version. >>>>> >>>>> ...which doesn't work on Windows. >>>> >>>> There is a winpexpect: >>>> >>>> http://pypi.python.org/pypi/winpexpect/1.3 >>> >>> Are the two api-identical? >> >> From the bitbucket page: >> >> http://bitbucket.org/geertj/winpexpect/wiki/Home >> >> """ >> The API of winpexpect is identical to that of pexpect. >> The only difference is that you must use the class "winspawn" >> instead of "spawn" > > ...then why aren't they in the same fs&@ing package? ;-) He does explain there that he hopes to have the changes merged upstream. Presumably it hasn't happened yet... TJG
From: Nobody on 5 Aug 2010 15:19 On Thu, 05 Aug 2010 12:23:35 +0100, Chris Withers wrote: >>> ...then the output is indeed captured. So, what is svn doing >>> differently? How is it escaping its jail? >> >> maybe it does not read from stdin but directly from /dev/tty > > But why only the request for auth credentials? So that you can do e.g.: ssh remotehost command arg arg ... <infile >outfile
From: Lawrence D'Oliveiro on 6 Aug 2010 03:38
In message <mailman.1621.1281012420.1673.python-list(a)python.org>, Chris Withers wrote: > Wolfgang Rohdewald wrote: > >> On Donnerstag 05 August 2010, Chris Withers wrote: >> >>> But why only the request for auth credentials? >> >> for security reasons I suppose - make sure a human enters >> the password > > Well yes, but what if you actually want to script it? Set up a public/private key pair. |