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Below is an shell script I have written to automate entering the password for the vpnc command. The expect works fine and vpnc activated automatically after password entered, but I need to get the exit status of the vpnc command. How can I get the exit status of vpnc?

VPNC=/bin/vpnc

expect_ACTIVATE=`cat << EOF
set timeout -1
spawn  $VPNC 
expect    :            {send Pass123\r}
expect eof
EOF`

expect -c  "$expect_ACTIVATE"

I've tried doing the following to get the exit status into STATUS, but it's not quite right:

expect_ACTIVATE=`cat << EOF
set timeout -1
spawn  $VPNC 
expect    :            {send Pass123\r}
STATUS=` echo $? `
expect eof
EOF`
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I am guessing this. I didn't try it myself. Let's see if it works. 

expect_ACTIVATE=`cat << EOF`
set timeout -1
spawn  $VPNC 
expect    :            {send Pass123\r}
expect "\\$ "
send "status=`echo $?\r`"
expect eof
EOF
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