#!/usr/bin/expect

log_file -a imet_log
send_log "Beinning of data logging [exec date]\n"

set timeout -1

set i 0
while {1}	{			;#while loop for infinity
incr i 

set x [exec date]			;#gets date from system
set day [string range "$x" 8 9]		;#sets x equal to day
spawn matlab
set nday $day
puts $nday

send_log "start while loop [exec date]\n"
send_log " $nday"

while {$day == $nday} { 		;#tests that it is the same day
	set x [exec date]
	set day [string range "$x" 8 9]
	send "try\n"			;#runs mfile 
	expect ">>"
	exec sleep 60m			;#sleeps for 5min btw runs
	} 
expect "$"
system "cat /dev/null > capture"        :#empty the caputer file
}