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Patch: 10-manpage.patch
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Author: n/a
Description: Fixes sample expect shebang and excapes dashes.
--- a/expect.man
+++ b/expect.man
@@ -108,11 +108,11 @@
 may also be invoked implicitly on systems which support the #! notation
 by marking the script executable, and making the first line in your script:
 
-    #!/usr/local/bin/expect \-f
+    #!/usr/bin/expect \-f
 
 Of course, the path must accurately describe where
 .B Expect
-lives.  /usr/local/bin is just an example.
+lives.  /usr/bin is just an example.
 
 The
 .B \-c
@@ -209,7 +209,7 @@
 original arguments (including the script name) in the variable
 .IR argv .
 
-    #!/usr/local/bin/expect \-\-
+    #!/usr/bin/expect \-\-
 
 Note that the usual getopt(3) and execve(2) conventions must be observed
 when adding arguments to the #! line.
@@ -293,7 +293,7 @@
 program.)
 .I
 .TP 6
-.BI close " [-slave] [\-onexec 0|1] [\-i spawn_id]"
+.BI close " [\-slave] [\-onexec 0|1] [\-i spawn_id]"
 closes the connection to the current process.
 Most interactive programs will detect EOF on their stdin and exit;
 thus
@@ -322,7 +322,7 @@
 
 The 
 .B \-slave
-flag closes the slave associated with the spawn id.  (See "spawn -pty".)
+flag closes the slave associated with the spawn id.  (See "spawn \-pty".)
 When the connection is closed, the slave is automatically closed as
 well if still open.
 
@@ -339,7 +339,7 @@
 .B wait
 below for more info.
 .TP
-.BI debug " [[-now] 0|1]"
+.BI debug " [[\-now] 0|1]"
 controls a Tcl debugger allowing you to step through statements, set
 breakpoints, etc.
 
@@ -357,7 +357,7 @@
 The
 .B debug
 command does not change any traps.  Compare this to starting Expect with the 
-.B -D
+.B \-D
 flag (see above).
 
 See the README file or SEE ALSO (below)
@@ -387,7 +387,7 @@
 .nf
 
     send_user "password?\\ "
-    expect_user -re "(.*)\\n"
+    expect_user \-re "(.*)\\n"
     for {} 1 {} {
         if {[fork]!=0} {sleep 3600;continue}
         disconnect
@@ -454,7 +454,7 @@
 .B exit
 is implicitly executed if the end of the script is reached.
 .TP
-\fBexp_continue\fR [-continue_timer]
+\fBexp_continue\fR [\-continue_timer]
 The command
 .B exp_continue
 allows
@@ -464,7 +464,7 @@
 default
 .B exp_continue
 resets the timeout timer. The
-.I -continue_timer
+.I \-continue_timer
 flag prevents timer from being restarted. (See
 .B expect
 for more information.)
@@ -627,8 +627,8 @@
 be used to protect patterns that might otherwise match
 .B expect
 flags from doing so.
-Any pattern beginning with a "-" should be protected this way.  (All strings
-starting with "-" are reserved for future options.)
+Any pattern beginning with a "\-" should be protected this way.  (All strings
+starting with "\-" are reserved for future options.)
 
 .IP
 For example, the following fragment looks for a successful login.
@@ -735,7 +735,7 @@
 through
 .IR expect_out(9,string) .
 If the
-.B -indices
+.B \-indices
 flag is used before a pattern,
 the starting and ending indices (in a form suitable for
 .BR lrange )
@@ -782,7 +782,7 @@
     set expect_out(buffer) abbbcabkkkk
 
 .fi
-and "a\\n" is left in the output buffer.  The pattern "*" (and -re ".*") will
+and "a\\n" is left in the output buffer.  The pattern "*" (and \-re ".*") will
 flush the output buffer without reading any more output from the
 process.
 .IP
@@ -790,7 +790,7 @@
 This may be prevented by prefixing a pattern with the
 .B \-notransfer
 flag.  This flag is especially useful in experimenting (and can be
-abbreviated to "-not" for convenience while experimenting).
+abbreviated to "\-not" for convenience while experimenting).
 
 The spawn id associated with the matching output (or eof or
 full_buffer) is stored in
@@ -874,9 +874,9 @@
 
     expect {
         Password: {
-            stty -echo
+            stty \-echo
             send_user "password (for $user) on $host: "
-            expect_user -re "(.*)\\n"
+            expect_user \-re "(.*)\\n"
             send_user "\\n"
             send "$expect_out(1,string)\\r"
             stty echo
@@ -891,7 +891,7 @@
             send_user \\
                 "connection to host failed: $expect_out(buffer)"
             exit
-        } -re $prompt
+        } \-re $prompt
     }
 
 .fi
@@ -1023,14 +1023,14 @@
 By default, it reports on the current spawn id.  An optional spawn id specification may be given for information on that spawn id.  For example
 .nf
 
-    expect_before -info -i $proc
+    expect_before \-info \-i $proc
 
 .fi
 At most one spawn id specification may be given.  The flag \-indirect
 suppresses direct spawn ids that come only from indirect specifications.
 
-Instead of a spawn id specification, the flag "-all" will cause
-"-info" to report on all spawn ids.
+Instead of a spawn id specification, the flag "\-all" will cause
+"\-info" to report on all spawn ids.
 
 The output of the \-info flag can be reused as the argument to expect_before.
 .TP
@@ -1123,7 +1123,7 @@
 .ta \w'    interact 'u +\w'$CTRLZ  'u +\w'{'u
     set CTRLZ \\032
     interact {
-        -reset $CTRLZ {exec kill \-STOP [pid]}
+        \-reset $CTRLZ {exec kill \-STOP [pid]}
         \\001   {send_user "you typed a control\-A\\n";
                 send "\\001"
                }
@@ -1152,8 +1152,8 @@
 flag may be used to protect patterns that might otherwise match
 .B interact
 flags from doing so.
-Any pattern beginning with a "-" should be protected this way.    (All strings
-starting with "-" are reserved for future options.)
+Any pattern beginning with a "\-" should be protected this way.    (All strings
+starting with "\-" are reserved for future options.)
 
 The
 .B \-re
@@ -1199,7 +1199,7 @@
 messages:
 .nf
 
-    interact -input $user_spawn_id timeout 3600 return -output \\
+    interact \-input $user_spawn_id timeout 3600 return \-output \\
         $spawn_id 
 
 .fi
@@ -1298,9 +1298,9 @@
 .nf
 
     interact {
-        -echo ~g {getcurdirectory 1}
-        -echo ~l {getcurdirectory 0}
-        -echo ~p {putcurdirectory}
+        \-echo ~g {getcurdirectory 1}
+        \-echo ~l {getcurdirectory 0}
+        \-echo ~p {putcurdirectory}
     }
 
 .fi
@@ -1316,11 +1316,11 @@
 .nf
 
     proc lognumber {} {
-        interact -nobuffer -re "(.*)\\r" return
+        interact \-nobuffer \-re "(.*)\\r" return
         puts $log "[clock format [clock seconds]]: dialed $interact_out(1,string)"
     }
 
-    interact -nobuffer "atd" lognumber
+    interact \-nobuffer "atd" lognumber
 
 .fi
 .IP
@@ -1391,7 +1391,7 @@
 command, except that any_spawn_id is not meaningful in
 .BR interact .)
 All following flags and
-strings (or patterns) apply to this input until another -input flag appears.
+strings (or patterns) apply to this input until another \-input flag appears.
 If no
 .B \-input
 appears,
@@ -1429,7 +1429,7 @@
 It is possible to change the processes that are being interacted with
 by using indirect spawn ids.  (Indirect spawn ids are described in the
 section on the expect command.)  Indirect spawn ids may be specified
-with the -i, -u, -input, or -output flags.
+with the \-i, \-u, \-input, or \-output flags.
 .TP
 .B interpreter " [args]"
 causes the user to be interactively prompted for
@@ -1515,18 +1515,18 @@
 flag.
 
 The
-.B -info
+.B \-info
 flag causes log_file to return a description of the
 most recent non-info arguments given.
 .TP
-.BI log_user " -info|0|1"
+.BI log_user " \-info|0|1"
 By default, the send/expect dialogue is logged to stdout
 (and a logfile if open).
 The logging to stdout is disabled by the command "log_user 0"
 and reenabled by "log_user 1".  Logging to the logfile is unchanged.
 
 The
-.B -info
+.B \-info
 flag causes log_user to return a description of the
 most recent non-info arguments given.
 .TP
@@ -1647,7 +1647,7 @@
 Any string can be preceded by "\-\-" whether or not it actually looks
 like a flag.  This provides a reliable mechanism to specify variable strings
 without being tripped up by those that accidentally look like flags.
-(All strings starting with "-" are reserved for future options.)
+(All strings starting with "\-" are reserved for future options.)
 
 The
 .B \-i
@@ -1671,7 +1671,7 @@
 The
 .B \-break
 flag generates a break condition.  This only makes sense if the spawn
-id refers to a tty device opened via "spawn -open".  If you have
+id refers to a tty device opened via "spawn \-open".  If you have
 spawned a process such as tip, you should use tip's convention for
 generating a break.
 
@@ -1774,7 +1774,7 @@
 except that the output is sent to stderr rather than the current
 process.
 .TP
-.BI send_log " [\--] string"
+.BI send_log " [\-\-] string"
 is like
 .BR send ,
 except that the string is only sent to the log file (see
@@ -1951,7 +1951,7 @@
 The variable
 .I spawn_out(slave,fd)
 is set to a file identifier corresponding to the pty slave.
-It can be closed using "close -slave".
+It can be closed using "close \-slave".
 
 The
 .B \-ignore
@@ -1978,7 +1978,7 @@
 .fi
 
 The
-.B -info
+.B \-info
 flag causes strace to return a description of the
 most recent non-info arguments given.
 .TP
@@ -2018,7 +2018,7 @@
 
     stty \-echo
     send_user "Password: "
-    expect_user -re "(.*)\\n"
+    expect_user \-re "(.*)\\n"
     set password $expect_out(1,string)
     stty echo
 
@@ -2153,7 +2153,7 @@
     trap exit {SIGINT SIGTERM}
 
 .fi
-If you use the -D flag to start the debugger, SIGINT is redefined
+If you use the \-D flag to start the debugger, SIGINT is redefined
 to start the interactive debugger.  This is due to the following trap:
 .nf
 
@@ -2194,9 +2194,9 @@
 normally returns a list of four integers.
 The first integer is the pid of the process that was waited upon.
 The second integer is the corresponding spawn id.
-The third integer is -1 if an operating system error occurred, or 0 otherwise.
+The third integer is \-1 if an operating system error occurred, or 0 otherwise.
 If the third integer was 0, the fourth integer is the status returned by
-the spawned process.  If the third integer was -1, the fourth integer is
+the spawned process.  If the third integer was \-1, the fourth integer is
 the value of errno set by the operating system.  The global variable
 errorCode is also set.
 
@@ -2212,7 +2212,7 @@
 flag declares the process to wait corresponding to the named spawn_id
 (NOT the process id).
 Inside a SIGCHLD handler,
-it is possible to wait for any spawned process by using the spawn id -1.
+it is possible to wait for any spawned process by using the spawn id \-1.
 
 The
 .B \-nowait
@@ -2223,7 +2223,7 @@
 The
 .B wait
 command may also be used wait for a forked process using the arguments
-"-i -1".  Unlike its use with spawned processes, this command can be
+"\-i \-1".  Unlike its use with spawned processes, this command can be
 executed at any time.  There is no control over which process is
 reaped.  However, the return value can be checked for the process id.
 
@@ -2374,7 +2374,7 @@
 .nf
 
     set env(SHELL) /bin/sh
-    set env(HOME) /usr/local/bin
+    set env(HOME) /usr/bin
 
 .fi
 
@@ -2427,7 +2427,7 @@
 to set a flag in the trap code.  Then check the flag immediately after
 the command (i.e., sleep).
 
-The expect_background command ignores -timeout arguments and has no
+The expect_background command ignores \-timeout arguments and has no
 concept of timeouts in general.
 
 .SH "EXPECT HINTS"
@@ -2449,7 +2449,7 @@
     set prompt "(%|#|\\\\$) $"          ;# default prompt
     catch {set prompt $env(EXPECT_PROMPT)}
 
-    expect -re $prompt
+    expect \-re $prompt
 
 .fi
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