Hi all,
 
Thanks to Jeff, Aaron, Stephen, Rufus and Virden for all the help extended to me for this pr
oblem. 
I still could not get a solution for my issue, but i think there might be a problem in my PC
, as it works for 
all with the same config as mine.
 
Rgds,
s.suresh
>  Date: Fri, 10 Aug 2007 11:11:00 -0700> From: jeffh@[...].com> To: suresh_serc@[...].com> S
ubject: Re: [Expect] Error in Expect "spawn id exp7 not open">  > I simply can't reproduce th
e problem, and others have noted equal >  success with the same setup. I am using XP SP2. I c
an see that the >  file version of my dbghelp.dll is actually "5.1.2600.2180 > (xpsp_sp2_rtm.
040803-2158)", being the only difference, although that >  version is indicated in a whole ch
ain of dlls when I view it with the >  dependency walker.> > I can't otherwise explain the od
dity, except that it is likely some >  low-level difference in Microsoft libraries. You are w
elcome to have >  the source code and try and figure out more in depth why it aborts > abrupt
ly on your system. You can find the source code at:>  > ftp://tcl.activestate.com/pub/incomin
g/expect-src.zip>  > Regards,> > Jeff> > P.S. - A run on my system:> > C:\tmp>tclsh> % packag
e require Expect>  5.43> % exp_internal 1> % set exp::winnt_debug 1> 1> % spawn telnet2> 3388
>  % expect telnet2>> > expect: does "" (spawn_id exp4) match glob pattern "telnet2>"? no> te
lnet2> > expect: does "telnet2> " (spawn_id exp4) match glob pattern "telnet2>"? yes> expect:
 set expect_out(0,string) "telnet2> "> expect: set expect_out(spawn_id) "exp4"> expect: set e
xpect_out(buffer) "telnet2> "> % send quit\r> send: sending "quit\r" to { exp4 }> % spawn tel
net>  2140> % expect "Welcome to Microsoft Telnet Client"> > expect: does "" (spawn_id exp5) 
match glob pattern "Welcome to Microsoft >  Telnet> Client"? no> Welcome to Microsoft Telnet 
Client>  > Escape Character is 'CTRL+]'> > Microsoft Telnet>> expect: does "Welcome to Micros
oft Telnet Client \n\nEscape Character is >  'CTRL+]> '\n\nMicrosoft Telnet> " (spawn_id exp5
) match glob pattern "Welcome to >  Microsof> t Telnet Client"? yes> expect: set expect_out(0
,string) "Welcome to Microsoft Telnet Client">  expect: set expect_out(spawn_id) "exp5"> expe
ct: set expect_out(buffer) "Welcome to Microsoft Telnet Client">  % send quit\r> send: sendin
g "quit\r" to { exp5 }>  %> > Suresh Sundararaman wrote:> > Hello Jeff,> > > > I turned off t
he Symantec Client Firewall and the Symantec services and >  > tried again. Still i am not su
ccessful.>  > The output is :> > --------------> > % package require Expect> > 5.43> > %> > %
 spawn telnet2>  > 3724> > % expect "Welcome to Telnet Client"> > expect: does "" (spawn_id e
xp7) match glob pattern "Welcome to Telnet >  > Client"? n> > o> > expect: read eof> > expect
: set expect_out(spawn_id) "exp7">  > expect: set expect_out(buffer) ""> > % pwd> > C:/Tcl/bi
n>  > > > I am unable to understand why i get such errors.> > > > Regards,> > s.suresh> 
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