epsilon@wet.UUCP (Eric P. Scott) (08/16/89)
"Is there any way to read my mail on [elsewhere] from this cube
[using the NeXT Mail utility]?"
Now, who was it who said that every problem has an answer that's
simple, obvious, and WRONG? This is an "rMail" script--you use
it like rlogin, but it provides a remote Mail rather than an
interactive shell. (more comments follow)
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#!/bin/csh -f
set noglob
set app=$0
set app=$app:t
if ($app =~ r*) then
set app=`expr $app : r\\\(.\*\\\)`
foreach w ($path)
if (-d $w/${app}.app) then
set app=$w/${app}.app/$app
break
endif
end
else
echo "${0}: what am I?"
exit 1
endif
if ($#argv == 0) then
echo "Usage: $0 hostname [-l username] [args]"
exit 1
else
set remote=$1 ; shift
if ($1 == -l) then
set user=$2 ; shift ; shift
exec /usr/ucb/rsh $remote -l $user -n exec $app -Host \
`hostname` $*:q
else
exec /usr/ucb/rsh $remote -n exec $app -Host `hostname` $*:q
endif
endif
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You can try linking this to other names, like rTerminal, and see
what happens. Be careful with rShell--I got nmserver to panic
and die (not sure I can reproduce this). The check for a .app/
directory really should be done on the remote machine.
Feedback to comp.sys.next.
-=EPS=-brsmith@umn-cs.CS.UMN.EDU (Brian R. Smith) (08/23/89)
epsilon@wet.UUCP (Eric P. Scott) writes: >"Is there any way to read my mail on [elsewhere] from this cube >[using the NeXT Mail utility]?" >Feedback to comp.sys.next. 1. You must have the application in YOUR SHELL's path. This screwed me up because I'd just rcp'd my favorite .cshrc onto the NeXT. 2. You must be running a PUBLIC window server - click on the picture of the CuBE in the Preferences application, and then check beside (Can you guess?) Public Window Server. Ok, after a couple bruises and gouges in my forehead (from banging it against that neat looking black box), I got it to work. I BELIEVE! Now the serious questions: Where is this documented? Is Eric psychic? "Ommmm, Ommmm, It's the -Host option..." Is this something that's going to be useful? I mean, is Next going to make available their code, so that we can run applications on the super-mini in the basement and have them display here on my desk? Sun is also supposedly using Display PostScript for windows; I don't suppose there's any chance that.... Nah. Brian
hollombe@ttidca.TTI.COM (The Polymath) (08/24/89)
In article <15349@umn-cs.CS.UMN.EDU> brsmith@umn-cs.CS.UMN.EDU (Brian R. Smith) writes: }Sun is also supposedly using Display PostScript for windows; I don't }suppose there's any chance that.... Nah. "Nah" is right. According to the NeXT rep I talked to, Sun reverse engineered their Display PostScript and went their own way from there. It isn't and probably won't be compatible with NeXT displays. -- The Polymath (aka: Jerry Hollombe, hollombe@ttidca.tti.com) Illegitimati Nil Citicorp(+)TTI Carborundum 3100 Ocean Park Blvd. (213) 452-9191, x2483 Santa Monica, CA 90405 {csun|philabs|psivax}!ttidca!hollombe