I haven't used Cygwin myself, but wonder if it is possible to run a Windows console mode program with a statement that calls the Windows command interpreter to do so.
Jamal On Fri, 26 Sep 2008, Doug Lee wrote: > Date: Fri, 26 Sep 2008 13:03:02 -0400 > From: Doug Lee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Reply-To: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: New Build Packages > > Mostly for this but also for more general interest, I'd like a > pure-Python cab file creator and extractor. If anyone knows of such a > thing, I'm all ears. My admittedly brief scour of Google did not turn > anything up. The BuildPackages system uses the Python msilib module, > but that does not come with all Python distributions, notably the > Cygwin version of Python 2.5. > > On Fri, Sep 26, 2008 at 09:22:08AM -0400, Jamal Mazrui wrote: > Build Packages 1.0 > > Press Alt-Windows-B to refresh .wepm archives in the user profile folder. > A multiple selection ListBox shows their names and versions. Select the > ones desired and press Enter. The files in a .wepm archive are replaced > with Files having the same names that are found on disk. > > The script uses a custom utility created with Python, CabIt.exe, as well > as a batch file, UnCabIt.bat, which calls the free 7z.exe utility, > available from > http://7zip.com > > These tools are installed in the user script folder and may also be used > independently of this script to create or extract archives in Windows CAB > format (which include .wepm files). The syntax is > > CabIt CabArchive SourceDirectory > builds a new CabArchive from all files in SourceDirectory > > UnCabIt CabArchive TargetDirectory > extracts all files from CabArchive to TargetDirectory > > If the Jump to Item script is running, you can jump to a package based on > text it contains. You can also select all or unselect all packages in the > list. > > This global script requires GW Toolkit and Homer Shared Object. > > > Jamal > > -- > Doug Lee, Senior Accessibility Programmer > SSB BART Group - Accessibility-on-Demand > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.ssbbartgroup.com > "While they were saying among themselves it cannot be done, > it was done." --Helen Keller >
