On Sun, 16 Dec 2007 12:47:44 -0500 Patrick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> With so many aspects to this does anyone think that using Bash > would be useful? For example if we designed all the smaller > programs to read and write from/to standard input and output, they > could be interlinked with other Bash commands such as ftp, netcat, > ssh, mailx and so on.. > > Lets say a customer had a detector and a pump to pump a sample > through it. We could write a Bash script that works something like > this: > > -icon launches Bash script > -sends variable " 2" to pump command to pump 2 ml per minute > -pump command sends signal to serial port or GPIB bus, etc > -bash sends variable "230" to set the detector to wavelength 230 nm > -bash autozeros detector > -launches plot command > -after that launches data process command > -then launches database storage command > - emails whoever, turns your coffee maker on or whatever....etc..etc > > It's a terrible over simplification but hopefully illustrates the > idea. I got the idea but I don't think the Bourne shell (bash) would be a particular wise choice to implement it, owing to weird programming paradigms and an almost complete absence of arithmetics. I'm a big fan of C (and shell scripting as well), but it seems that Python has been gaining lots of popularity in the past years. --D. _______________________________________________ gtk-app-devel-list mailing list gtk-app-devel-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gtk-app-devel-list
