expect

v 1: regard something as probable or likely; "The meteorologists

are expecting rain for tomorrow" [syn: {anticipate}]

2: consider obligatory; request and expect; "We require our

secretary to be on time"; "Aren't we asking too much of

these children?" "I expect my students to arrive in time

for their lessons" [syn: {ask}, {require}]

3: look forward to the probably occurrence of: "We were

expecting a visit from our relatives"; "She is looking to

a promotion"; "he is waiting to be drafted" [syn: {look},

{await}, {wait}]

4: consider reasonable or due; "I'm expecting a full

explanation as to why these files were destroyed"

5: be pregnant with; "She is bearing his child"; "The are

expecting another child in January" [syn: {bear}, {carry},

{gestate}]

6: look forward to the birth of a child; "She is expecting in

March"

expect

A {Unix} tool written in {Tcl} and a {script

language} for automating the operation of {interactive}

applications such as {telnet}, {FTP}, {passwd}, {fsck},

{rlogin}, {tip}, etc.. Expect can feed input to other

programs and perform {pattern matching} on their output. It

is also useful for testing these applications. By adding

{Tk}, you can also wrap interactive applications in {X11}

{GUI}s.

{Home (http://expect.nist.gov/)}.

["expect: Scripts for Controlling Interactive Tasks", Don

Libes, Comp Sys 4(2), U Cal Press Journals, Nov 1991].

(1997-06-09)