RE: expect - sometimes it runs sometimes it doesn't....

I had a similar issue a while back.
Could be the default timeout, which I think is 20 seconds.
I changed to 30 - set timeout 30

We have a process that SFTP to a remote site every 15 minutes.
About 2 weeks ago, the 17:00 process started failing, consistently, every day.
I think it may have been related to all the users signoff at 17:00.
I moved the process to 16:55, issue went away.

Paul

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From: MIDRANGE-L [mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of DrFranken
Sent: Wednesday, September 07, 2016 3:59 PM
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Subject: expect - sometimes it runs sometimes it doesn't....

I am utilizing expect on several different servers. On one of them we need to sftp two small files up to a service periodically through the day. When I run the shell script in QSH it will run perfectly. Then I run it again and it does absolutely nothing. It may be many minutes before it will run again. Signing off and back on doesn't consistently fix it either. When submitted to batch it's the same, it may run and may not.

I am redirecting standard output to a log file (> 'output.log') and when it runs correctly everything is in it. When it does not run the file is correctly time stamped but is empty (0 bytes). Even when it's not logging it may fail, in that case if it's interactive QSH simply returns to the '$' prompt.

IBM i 7.1 with reasonably current PTFs and the latest version of expect from ScottKlement.com.

Thoughts??