slj@cbnewsj.att.com (S. Luke Jones) (11/07/90)
Hi. I'm looking for a command-language-interpreter (CLI) or "shell" to be used for test scripts. I'd appreciate any advice I receive on shells that meet the following needs: => it can be pretty stupid, since I'm used to living with DOS's command.com. I'd really like to have a block- structured IF and FOR construct, though. => Source should be available, since I want to add some primitives such as the following fd = open(path,access-mode,sharing-mode) lock(fd,from,to) lseek(fd,new-position) read(fd,len) write(fd,len) ... => Source should also be available, since I want to port it from DOS (or OS/2) to Macintosh (or vice versa). The plan is to concentrate as many system dependencies as possible in the command-language-interpreter and keep the test scripts as similar as possible. => it should be pretty robust, since the idea is to use it to debug other software, not to spend an inordinate amount of time debugging the test tool. I'm vaguely familiar with (have read the man pages for) Data Logic Ltd.'s MS_SH-1.62. Can anyone recommend it, esp. how well it fits the above needs? Can anyone recommend other software? Please email; I read these groups but I don't know how interesting this is to other readers. I will, of course, summarize any responses and post to the net. Thanks in advance. -- S. Luke Jones luke@mtung.att.com ...!att!mtung!luke phone 201/957-2733 We R Openly-Interconnected Distributed Networked Computing Solutions R Us "I can feel the life draining out of me, working here at Pete's" -Ridgway I was ECONOMICALLY COERCED into signing away my rights to these OPINIONS!