1. Win -> Linux
Hi All,
I have been using Windows for ages but also have been using Mandrake
Linux 9.0 for a while. The intention is to move any critical business
functions and data from buggy/insecure Windows to the relative safety of
Linux / BSD. As part of that process I am porting a large project from
VB5 to Euphoria.
Once I had a version running under Win32, it only took a few small
changes to make it work under Linux. The "dir" function works
differently in Linux, x = dir("*") wont return anything even though it
works on the command line !!
--- Al Getz <Xaxo at aol.com> wrote:
> I'd dump MS software in a minute if I could find
> something
> that would take the place of what I need now...
> 1. decent Browser for the web
> 2. compatibility with scanner
Try Mozilla its very much like NetScape, Konqueror is also OK but does
not work with all web sites especially ones that use M$ Stuff like ASP.
You also might look at Windows emulators like Wine,
Does anyone know how to setup a mail server on Mandrake Linux ??
Regards
--
Peter Blue
2. Re: Win -> Linux
The reason that dir("*") doesn't work, is that the shell translates the *
into what it should be.
The * is handled by the shell, not the kernel (I think.... correct me if
wrong)
So, you need to send a command via the shell, or call and parse system("ls >
yourtestfile.txt"), or something like that.
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>From: Peter.Blue at legend-i.demon.co.uk
>Reply-To: EUforum at topica.com
>To: EUforum <EUforum at topica.com>
>Subject: Win -> Linux
>Date: Mon, 15 Sep 2003 09:34:53 +0100
>
>
>Hi All,
>
>I have been using Windows for ages but also have been using Mandrake Linux
>9.0 for a while. The intention is to move any critical business functions
>and data from buggy/insecure Windows to the relative safety of Linux / BSD.
>As part of that process I am porting a large project from VB5 to Euphoria.
>
>Once I had a version running under Win32, it only took a few small changes
>to make it work under Linux. The "dir" function works differently in Linux,
> x = dir("*") wont return anything even though it works on the command
>line !!
>
>
>--- Al Getz <Xaxo at aol.com> wrote:
> > I'd dump MS software in a minute if I could find
> > something
> > that would take the place of what I need now...
> > 1. decent Browser for the web
> > 2. compatibility with scanner
>
>Try Mozilla its very much like NetScape, Konqueror is also OK but does not
>work with all web sites especially ones that use M$ Stuff like ASP.
>
>You also might look at Windows emulators like Wine,
>
>Does anyone know how to setup a mail server on Mandrake Linux ??
>
>Regards
>--
>Peter Blue
>
>
>
>TOPICA - Start your own email discussion group. FREE!
>
>
3. Re: Win -> Linux
On Mon, Sep 15, 2003 at 11:01:26PM +1000, mistertrik at hotmail.com wrote:
>
>
> The reason that dir("*") doesn't work, is that the shell translates the *
> into what it should be.
>
> The * is handled by the shell, not the kernel (I think.... correct me if
> wrong)
>
> So, you need to send a command via the shell, or call and parse system("ls
> > yourtestfile.txt"), or something like that.
I wrote a simple include file for that. It had ldir() which would go thru
the shell to translate wildcards, and then it would also return extended
attributes.
jbrown
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> .______<-------------------\__
> / _____<--------------------__|===
> ||_ <-------------------/
> \__| Mr Trick
>
>
> >From: Peter.Blue at legend-i.demon.co.uk
> >Reply-To: EUforum at topica.com
> >To: EUforum <EUforum at topica.com>
> >Subject: Win -> Linux
> >Date: Mon, 15 Sep 2003 09:34:53 +0100
> >
> >
> >Hi All,
> >
> >I have been using Windows for ages but also have been using Mandrake Linux
> >9.0 for a while. The intention is to move any critical business functions
> >and data from buggy/insecure Windows to the relative safety of Linux /
> >BSD. As part of that process I am porting a large project from VB5 to
> >Euphoria.
> >
> >Once I had a version running under Win32, it only took a few small changes
> >to make it work under Linux. The "dir" function works differently in
> >Linux, x = dir("*") wont return anything even though it works on the
> > command line !!
> >
> >
> >--- Al Getz <Xaxo at aol.com> wrote:
> >> I'd dump MS software in a minute if I could find
> >> something
> >> that would take the place of what I need now...
> >> 1. decent Browser for the web
> >> 2. compatibility with scanner
> >
> >Try Mozilla its very much like NetScape, Konqueror is also OK but does not
> >work with all web sites especially ones that use M$ Stuff like ASP.
> >
> >You also might look at Windows emulators like Wine,
> >
> >Does anyone know how to setup a mail server on Mandrake Linux ??
> >
> >Regards
> >--
> >Peter Blue
> >
> >
> >TOPICA - Start your own email discussion group. FREE!
> >
> >
>
>
> TOPICA - Start your own email discussion group. FREE!
>
>
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