Description of Problem:

expect hangs when called from a bash function (but run normally from a script).

then, it can killed only with kill -9.



Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):

I'm not very sure if this is expect or bash related. I get the same behavior with bash-1.14.7-23.6x bash2-2.03-8 expect-5.28-35 on redhat linux 6.2



How Reproducible:

#!/bin/bash



#function aa () {

cat <<EE | expect -f -

spawn telnet localhost 25

expect "Connected to" {

        sleep 1

        send -- "quit\r"

        expect eof

        exit

   }

EE

#}

#aa

	



Steps to Reproduce:

1. run the above script (should be ok)

2. uncomment function definition and call from script and run again

3. should hang at 

  spawn telnet localhost 25

Actual Results:

it hangs. can be killed only with -9



Expected Results:

spawn telnet localhost 25 

Trying 127.0.0.1...

Connected to localhost.localdomain.

Escape character is '^]'.

quit

220 pie ESMTP Sendmail

221 pie closing connection

Connection closed by foreign host.



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