Common edit changes made to Autoexpect recorded scripts

Once a script is recorded and imported into EnterpriseSCHEDULE it is common to make edit changes. The scripts generated are a combination of paired lines that begin with "send " and "expect " whereby "send" is the what Expect feeds to the recorded program and "expect" is the output generated from the recorded program.

A "send " response can be changed into Job parameters and/or Schedule variables including date variables. The dynamic token substitution can be added to the autoexpect session, for example:

You could use a Job parameter such as parameter 1

send -- "((P1))\r"

You could use a Schedule variable

Send – "((endofmonth))\r"

where endofmonth is a variable in the same directory as the job.

For previewing the outcome that the commands will be after dynamic token substitution of variables and parameters

Schedule preprocess {jobname}

If 'P1' was 'Hello world', then "preprocess" would return

send – "Hello world\r"