The purpose of the Pypect module is to make Python
a better glue. It works like Expect, and allows
you to start a child application and have your
script control it as if a human were typing
commands. It is a pure Python module for spawning
child applications, controlling them, and
responding to expected patterns in their output.
It can be used for automating interactive
applications such as SSH, FTP, passwd, telnet,
etc, to automate setup scripts for duplicating
software package installations on different
servers, and for automated software testing. It
should work on any platform that supports the
standard Python PTY module. The interface was
designed to be easy to use, so that simple tasks
are easy.
