[Metacard] RE: shell behavior ( strange or mistake)

[xbury.cs at clearstream.com]

Thierry,

I dont know about alternative shells but... (i use mostly NT so, shell is
"cmd" but i've had no problems with command from w98)
make sure your "directory" global is set to something that exists...
set the directory to "c:\"
If the directory is invalid, you will get errors even from working commands.

use of backslash or slash within the command shell should be backslash...
Slash is only good in MC directory commands (but you can use backslash
AFAIK).

Scott has told me that the "open process" works better but i've had enormous
problems with compatibility and getting the whole output back whereas
shell() works great in all senses. 

With slow network connections, the shell() command can stall completely
though. This is really a bad problem because it causes major problems in our
environment but for ALL other purposes, it's not a problem. 

Last but not least, remember that the path will affect the workings of
different programs you call from shell or open process, so providing the
path can help...

shell( "echo $0 $1 $2"  ) worked great first time... 

here's an example startup script for you

on openstack
  put the itemdelimiter into olddelim
  put the effective filename of the topstack into x
  if "/" is in x
  then get "/"
  else get "\"
  set the itemdelimiter to it
  delete last item of x
  put it after x
  set the itemdelimiter to olddelim
  set the directory to x
  
  set the shellCommand to "cmd.exe" -- NT only
  set hideConsoleWindows to true
  
  put "" into editMenus -- for the mac
  
  CheckToolsAvailable -- dos tools required in the gui for shell commands
  CheckUserIsAdmin -- user has the rights to work the tools?
  pass openstack
end openstack

cheers
Xavier

> Hi all,
> 
> Spend few times trying to play with shell options.
> Here is one my smaller program :
> 
>   -- PC /Win98 / MC2.3
>   set the hideConsoleWindows to false
>   set the shellcommand to "bash"
>   put  shell( "echo $0 $1 $2"  ) after field "R"
> 
> I got this error after the Shell() execution :
> 
>   /C: /C: No such file or directory
> 
> It seems that MC put a Dos parameter "/C" after the name of
> the shell ? Ok, if the shell is Command.exe ! but, what if we want
> another shell ? A bit of light would be helpful.
> 
> Have a nice day,
> thierry
> 
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