Current File : //opt/alt/ruby19/lib64/ruby/1.9.1/expect.rb
$expect_verbose = false
class IO
# Reads from the IO until pattern +pat+ matches or the +timeout+ is over.
# It returns an array with the read buffer, followed by the matches.
# If a block is given, the result is yielded to the block and returns nil.
#
# The optional timeout parameter defines, in seconds, the total time to wait
# for the pattern. If the timeout expires or eof is found, nil is returned
# or yielded. However, the buffer in a timeout session is kept for the next
# expect call. The default timeout is 9999999 seconds.
def expect(pat,timeout=9999999)
buf = ''
case pat
when String
e_pat = Regexp.new(Regexp.quote(pat))
when Regexp
e_pat = pat
else
raise TypeError, "unsupported pattern class: #{pattern.class}"
end
@unusedBuf ||= ''
while true
if not @unusedBuf.empty?
c = @unusedBuf.slice!(0).chr
elsif !IO.select([self],nil,nil,timeout) or eof? then
result = nil
@unusedBuf = buf
break
else
c = getc.chr
end
buf << c
if $expect_verbose
STDOUT.print c
STDOUT.flush
end
if mat=e_pat.match(buf) then
result = [buf,*mat.to_a[1..-1]]
break
end
end
if block_given? then
yield result
else
return result
end
nil
end
end