expect-it on windows

[anaf...@gmail.com]

Hi Alex
I am trying to use expect-it on windows using "cmd.exe" shell.
I am able to see the welcome lines from the cmd.exe, run a command using expect.sendline("echo HELLO") and see the echo get executed correctly but the session ends abruptly there although I have other sendline and expect statements after?
I tried cmd, cmd.exe and powershell.exe on windows without success beyond the first line. From what I was reading windows closes the shell after the first command is complete which defeat the purpose of interacting with it.

I am trying to follow the example you provided so my code is as follows:

Process process = Runtime.getRuntime().exec("cmd.exe");
Expect expect = new ExpectBuilder()
.withInputs(process.getInputStream())
.withOutput(process.getOutputStream())
.withTimeout(1, TimeUnit.SECONDS)
.withExceptionOnFailure()
.build();
expect.sendLine("echo HELLO");
expect.sendLine("java -jar ");
String list = expect.expect(regexp("\n$")).getBefore();
System.out.println("List: " + list);

Is there a way to make this to work on windows??

thanks

Ahmad

[Alexey Gavrilov]

Hi Ahmad,

I believe the problem is that you don’t always wait for the command prompt when sending commands.

Also you don’s the output from the  'java -jar’ command because it goes to the standard error stream, not stdout.

Take a look at this  code snippet which works for me on Windows: https://github.com/Alexey1Gavrilov/ExpectIt/blob/master/expectit-core/src/test/java/net/sf/expectit/WindowsProcessTest.java

Hope it helps.

Regards,

Alexey

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