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#!/bin/sh
# -*- tcl -*-
# The next line is executed by /bin/sh, but not tcl \
exec tclsh "$0" ${1+"$@"}

package require Expect

# Name: reprompt
# Description: reprompt every so often until user enters something
# Usage: reprompt timeout prompt
# Author: Don Libes, NIST

foreach {timeout prompt} $argv {}

send_error $prompt
expect {
    timeout {
	send_error "\nwake up!!\a"
	send_error \n$prompt
	exp_continue
    }
    -re .+ {
	send_user $expect_out(buffer)
    }
}