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-rw-r--r-- | ext/pty/lib/expect.rb | 6 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/ext/pty/lib/expect.rb b/ext/pty/lib/expect.rb index 08191b05b9..50d2fbd363 100644 --- a/ext/pty/lib/expect.rb +++ b/ext/pty/lib/expect.rb @@ -1,6 +1,12 @@ $expect_verbose = false class IO + # Reads ios until pattern 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 pattern. If it is over of eof is found, it + # returns/yields nil. 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 |