Using Shell to run a DOS program

[Bob Sneidar]

You cannot. Even an emulator would be isolated from the Mac OS X system. 

Bob


On Jan 17, 2011, at 12:47 PM, Alejandro Tejada wrote:

> 
> Hi Mark,
> 
> Many thanks for testing this script! :-)
> 
> Mark Schonewille wrote:
>> Are you sure that the file name should contain an additional space?
>> "file:C:\CRC32OUTPUT.txt "
>> You give very little information. Does crc32 do anything at all
>> when called from LiveCode? Errors? Files created? Anything? Nothing?
> 
> No, this additional space is a typo in the message.
> Good catch! :-D
> 
> CRC32.exe works on the command prompt
> but not inside LiveCode. 
> 
> It does not produce errors and do not create any file.
> It does not produce anything. Nothing at all
> 
> I am testing this using Rev 2.8 and 4.0 
> using this DOS program: 
> http://www34.brinkster.com/dizzyk/download/crc32.zip
> 
> downloaded from this page: 
> http://www34.brinkster.com/dizzyk/crc32.asp
> 
> Now, my curiosity is awakened with your answer.
> How do you test a Dos program using Mac OS X?
> 
> Thanks in advance! 
> 
> Al
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