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 [1/6] from: edoconnor::gmail at: 24-Mar-2007 9:38


Forgive me if this is a foolish/n00b question, but can someone tell me if REBOL is able to interface smoothly with standard input & output (on *nix or solaris)? At work I have an enterprise app (on Solaris) which I could potentially leverage REBOL if access to these standard interfaces are available. And, if not available today, is it planned for REBOL 3.0? Thanks.

 [2/6] from: gregg::pointillistic::com at: 24-Mar-2007 8:50


Hi Ed, EOC> ...can someone tell me EOC> if REBOL is able to interface smoothly with standard input & output EOC> (on *nix or solaris)? This is a simple echo process: while [data: input] [print data] Under Windows, command integration isn't as nice, but that should work under *nix I believe. I think stderr is not doable though. At least system/ports doesn't list it here. INPUT is a mezzanine, so you can see that it just does this: pick system/ports/input 1 The output port works similarly: insert system/ports/output "test^/" -- Gregg

 [3/6] from: Tom:Conlin:gmai:l at: 24-Mar-2007 11:00


Ed O'Connor wrote:
> Forgive me if this is a foolish/n00b question, but can someone tell me > if REBOL is able to interface smoothly with standard input & output
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> And, if not available today, is it planned for REBOL 3.0? > Thanks.
I sometimes want read/write from/to files/stdio on (Solaris) Unix command lines in the same script so I'll have blocks like this ... (really old code) ... either none? system/script/args [ set-modes system/ports/input [lines: false binary: false] if error? err: try[buffer: copy system/ports/input ][ print ["ERROR " err halt] ] ][ ;;; relative or absolute path file: either equal? (pick system/script/args 1) #"/" [system/script/args] [rejoin [system/options/path trim system/script/args]] if error? err: try[buffer: read to-file file][ print ["ERROR " err halt] ] ] block: parse/all buffer [...

 [4/6] from: edoconnor:g:mail at: 24-Mar-2007 14:42


Thanks Gregg, thanks Tom. I'll give it a whirl and see if I can make this happen. I'd much rather use REBOL than write shell scripts. Ed On 3/24/07, Tom <Tom.Conlin-gmail.com> wrote:

 [5/6] from: tim-johnsons:web at: 24-Mar-2007 11:36


On Saturday 24 March 2007 14:50, Gregg Irwin wrote:
> Under Windows, command integration isn't as nice, but that should work > under *nix I believe. I think stderr is not doable though. At least > system/ports doesn't list it here.
we've discussed this omission in the past. For my purposes, not having a port to stderr is an inconvenience. I hope it is included in 3.0. MTCW tim -- Tim Johnson <tim-johnsons-web.com> Palmer, Alaska, USA

 [6/6] from: compkarori::gmail::com at: 25-Mar-2007 7:27


Ed See http://www.rebol.net/cgi-bin/upnews.r?view=0012 On 3/25/07, Ed O'Connor <edoconnor-gmail.com> wrote:
> Forgive me if this is a foolish/n00b question, but can someone tell me > if REBOL is able to interface smoothly with standard input & output > (on *nix or solaris)? At work I have an enterprise app (on Solaris) > which I could potentially leverage REBOL if access to these standard > interfaces are available. > > And, if not available today, is it planned for REBOL 3.0?
-- Graham Chiu http://www.synapsedirect.com Synapse-EMR - innovative electronic medical records system

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