Expect script throws "open(slave pty): bad file number" error
 

Hi all,

I have an Expect script that makes an ssh connection to a server, does a df -k on the remote server and exits. I repeat this on a number of servers.
It works fine for a while then starts giving me this error :-
open(slave pty): bad file number

At this point, even if I try a ssh outside of my Expect script I get the same error. I have to close my cygwin and start it up again to be able to continue.

I am running the expect script using Cygwin on Windows XP.

I do know that this error is most likely if I do not close the processes spawned by my expect script properly. However, I do think that my script does close (or exit) properly. I am not sure what I am missing out.
Can this be a problem with Cygwin ?

I am a newbie so any help is much appretiated !

Here's my script :

#!/usr/bin/expect

proc report_failure {msg} {
send_user "\n FAILURE: $msg \n"
}

proc report_failure_and_close {msg} {
send_user "\n FAILURE: $msg \n"
close; wait
}

proc handle_login {} {

send "myPassword\r"

while (1) {
expect {
-nocase "password:" { report_failure_and_close "Incorrect Password !"
return
}
-re "(.*)\\$ $" { break }
-re "(.*)> *$" { break }
}
}

send "df -k\r"

expect -re "(.*)\r"

expect {
-re "\\$ $" { expect *
send "exit\r"
wait }
-re "> *$" { expect *
send "exit\r"
wait }
}

}


spawn ssh -l user <IPADDRESS>

expect {
-re "(yes/no).*" { send "yes\n"
expect -nocase "password:" { handle_login }
}

"Please type 'yes' or 'no':"
{ send "yes\n"
expect "Password:" { handle_login }
}

-re "password: *" { handle_login }

-re "^ssh:" { report_failure_and_close "Connection Failed for ushqseng11.eng.corio.com" }

-re "Usage:" { report_failure_and_close "Usage Error !" }

eof { report_failure "!!! Unexpected Error !!!" }

timeout { report_failure_and_close "Connection time out" }
}


Thanks,
KNut