how to accept term of agreement in shellscript

Musapha · 01-17-2010, 12:43 PM

hello all ,

i have to agree the term of agreement before runing it becase i want to automate my installation with a script

i have already tried "yes | ./myfile " but the problem is the agreement is more than one page and i need to hit space couple of times .. so it's not working .
please help me

thanx in advance

GrapefruiTgirl · 01-17-2010, 12:53 PM

Usually, when "myfile" is a configuration file ( a shell script often ) there is an available option, such as --accept-license or something like that, for accepting the license when automating the process.

Is it a configure script? If so, try running:

shell# ./configure --help

and look for an option to accept the license.

Musapha · 01-17-2010, 04:23 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by GrapefruiTgirl

Usually, when "myfile" is a configuration file ( a shell script often ) there is an available option, such as --accept-license or something like that, for accepting the license when automating the process.

Is it a configure script? If so, try running:

shell# ./configure --help

and look for an option to accept the license.

first of all thanx for the reply
beside im affraid none of --accept-license or --help works
seems like the ./myfile.BIN do not have any switch

is there any other way you could suggest ?
thanx

GrapefruiTgirl · 01-17-2010, 04:35 PM

So, this thing you're trying to run, it's a binary installer?

Maybe if you give us more details, we could help better. What exactly is it you're trying to execute, and what does it do? Is it an installer? A self-extracting archive of some sort?

And, since you're posting from Windows by the looks of things, please tell us what Linux you're working with.

Musapha · 01-17-2010, 04:39 PM

in this case my file is jre-1_6_0_02-linux-i586.bin " java "
i would be realy thankful if you guys show me the way becease actully all my other script lines are depends on this one

thanx alot for considering my request

GrapefruiTgirl · 01-18-2010, 05:41 AM

Hi Musapha.

I have tried several methods of getting the java installer to skip forward to accepting the license, but with no success. You are correct as far as I can tell, it does not accept any arguments, but simply must be run "as is".

While there may be a workaround, I cannot find it. Perhaps another member will have a solution for you, but unfortunately, I do not.

Cheers

Sasha

chrism01 · 01-18-2010, 05:40 PM

Have you tried the 'expect' tool?

GrapefruiTgirl · 01-18-2010, 06:03 PM

@ chrism01 -- excellent (I've said it before, and I'll say it now: I learn something EVERY day around here)

I'd never used expect for anything until I read your reply, which inspired me to try it out.

The man page is confusing, but yes, expect does the job!

Here's a hint for the OP: see if you have /usr/bin/autoexpect on your system, and if so, try it out.

Thanks Chrism

Sasha