uri@arnor.watson.ibm.COM (08/18/89)
Hello, netlanders! Can one running VP/ix (let's say 1.0.6 for instance), start DOS Batch session? As you know, VP/ix locks up the terminal it was activated from - so even if you do have virtual con- soles, it doesn't help a lot. But is it possible to run DOS tasks in the background, somehow invoking VP/ix (or whatever can be better)? Please, no X-Windows. For now it's not a solution for me. Thank you. Uri Blumenthal (uunet!bywater!arnor!uri) ----------------- <Disclaimer>
les@chinet.chi.il.us (Leslie Mikesell) (08/22/89)
In article <371@arnor.UUCP> uri@arnor.watson.ibm.COM () writes: > Can one running VP/ix (let's say 1.0.6 for instance), start > DOS Batch session? As you know, VP/ix locks up the terminal > it was activated from - so even if you do have virtual con- > soles, it doesn't help a lot. But is it possible to run DOS > tasks in the background, somehow invoking VP/ix (or whatever > can be better)? VP/ix should not block on a virtual console unless the program is using graphic modes, but you still have to start it manually and switch away. If you want to run things automatically from unix or start them in the background, try connecting the input to a pipe (even if it doesn't need any input) and re-directing output. For example, doing: VT 1> dos dir </dev/null >/tmp/dir 2>&1 & gives an error message, but VT 1> echo | dos dir >/tmp/dir 2>&1 & works as you would expect. You can also run non-interactive dos progams in a GNU emacs window or with the :r !cmd command of vi, but you get the usual DOS cr/lf unless you pipe through something to remove the cr's (or in GNU you can use kermit.el and enable kermit-clean). Les Mikesell