settings

This object gives access to the configuration variables inside Expect.

settings.name = new_value

Set the expect variable specified by name to the new value.

value = settings.name

Return the current setting.

list_of_names = dir(settings)

Return the list of variable names that can be passed to set.

settings.reset()
settings.reset(name)

Reset the settings to factory defaults. "Factory defaults" are the values when the module is first loaded.

dict_of_values = settings.toDict()

Return a dictionary dumping the current settings. The dictionary is not tied to the settings object; changes made to the dictionary are not reflected in the settings object.

Variable	Expect	Python type	Modifiable?
loguser	exp_loguser	boolean	yes
internal	exp_internal	boolean	yes
timeout	timeout	integer	yes
full_buffer	(none)	boolean	yes
disconnected	(none)	boolean	no
remove_nulls	remove_nulls	boolean	yes
tty_copy	spawn -nottycopy	boolean	yes
tty_init	spawn -nottyinit	boolean	yes
stty_init	stty_init	string	yes

Old interface: set

The old interface still exists for backward compatibility.

old_value = set(name, new_value)

Set the expect variable specified by name to the new value, return the previous value.

current_value = set(name)

Return the current setting of the given expect variable.

list_of_names = set()

The list of variables are the same as for settings above.