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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?>
+<!-- $Revision$ -->
+<refentry id="function.expect-popen">
+ <refnamediv>
+  <refname>expect_popen</refname>
+  <refpurpose>Exectutes command via Bourne shell.</refpurpose>
+ </refnamediv>
+ <refsect1 role="description">
+  &reftitle.description;
+  <methodsynopsis>
+   <type>resource</type><methodname>expect_popen</methodname>
+   <methodparam><type>string</type><parameter>command</parameter></methodparam>
+  </methodsynopsis>
+  <para>
+   Executes command via Bourne shell.
+  </para>
+ </refsect1>
+ <refsect1 role="parameters">
+  &reftitle.parameters;
+  <para>
+   <variablelist>
+    <varlistentry>
+     <term><parameter>command</parameter></term>
+     <listitem>
+      <para>
+       Command to execute.
+      </para>
+     </listitem>
+    </varlistentry>
+   </variablelist>
+  </para>
+ </refsect1>
+ <refsect1 role="returnvalues">
+  &reftitle.returnvalues;
+  <para>
+   Returns an open PTY stream to the process'es stdio, stdout and stderr.
+  </para>
+  <para>
+   On failure this function returns &false;.
+  </para>
+ </refsect1>
+ <refsect1 role="seealso">
+  &reftitle.seealso;
+  <para>
+   <simplelist>
+    <member><function>fopen</function></member>
+   </simplelist>
+  </para>
+ </refsect1>
+</refentry>
+
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