scsh-expect/doc/chat.doc

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(chat <task> <body> ...)
dynvars: $task $chat-cont $chat-abort-re $chat-timeout
(look-for* re [on-timeout])
(look-for re [on-timeout ...])
(send fmt arg ...)
(send/cr fmt arg ...)
logging output funs?
side-effecting option setting
(chat-abort <re>)
if this regular expression is matched, the chat call is aborted.
(chat-timeout <nsecs>)
sets the timeout for look-for calls
(chat-monitor <monitor>)
monitor has to be a function taking two arguments (event val),
where event is a symbol, and val a possible value for this
event:
- looking-for(re)
- found(match)
- new-input(text)
- sending(text)
- abort(text)
- eof
- timeout
chat can return the following values:
- 'eof
- 'timeout if no timeout-handler was specified in a look-for clause
- <string> in case of an abortion the submatch of the abort-regexp
- #f if the whole body evaluated normally