simplefe

commit c7dc80d87532774b6e9f62ad0de8a70b2859cf21
parent 8daba43d772530360f9eea4b8e35a9caf2490c5c
Author: Chris Roberts <chris.roberts@learningunix.net>
Date:   Thu, 16 Jul 2026 18:54:16 -0500

Add pexpect-based job runner, proven against a fake fixture

run_job() spawns a command, waits for a known prompt, sends a
response, then waits for the process to finish and returns its
output. Tested against tests/fixtures/fake_job.py rather than
the real .scripts/rip, since rip needs real hardware and isn't
part of this repo (see .gitignore).

Diffstat:
A
src/simplefe/runner.py
 | 
9
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A
tests/fixtures/fake_job.py
 | 
2
++
A
tests/test_runner.py
 | 
11
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3 files changed, 22 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
diff --git a/src/simplefe/runner.py b/src/simplefe/runner.py
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+import pexpect
+
+
+def run_job(command, prompt, response):
+    child = pexpect.spawn(command)
+    child.expect(prompt)
+    child.sendline(response)
+    child.expect(pexpect.EOF)
+    return child.before
diff --git a/tests/fixtures/fake_job.py b/tests/fixtures/fake_job.py
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+name = input("Enter movie name: ")
+print(f"Got: {name}")
diff --git a/tests/test_runner.py b/tests/test_runner.py
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+from pathlib import Path
+
+from simplefe.runner import run_job
+
+FIXTURES = Path(__file__).parent / "fixtures"
+
+
+def test_run_job():
+    fake_job = FIXTURES / "fake_job.py"
+    result = run_job(f"python3 {fake_job}", "Enter movie name:", "The Matrix")
+    assert b"Got: The Matrix" in result