It depends... You are in DOS mode (as opposed to window mode). If you launch anything that requires a graphical environment, it will launch that environment as LocalSystem or something equivalent and you'll have a problem (you can end-task in task-manager - you've probably already figured that out). In theory, you can execute just cmd.exe (with no /c option) and you will be able to provide it input through the keyboard. You just can't do anything that requires window mode.
-----Original Message----- From: u2-users-boun...@listserver.u2ug.org [mailto:u2-users-boun...@listserver.u2ug.org] On Behalf Of Wjhonson Sent: February-15-12 3:57 PM To: u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org Subject: Re: [U2] Universe's DOS command Oh.... wow. Urm.... So any command that requires input will hang, I got that, because it's not actually opening an interactive session with *your process* but rather with the server (or thereabouts). So I just connected to the server and checked Task Manager and there are a lot of processes with my name on them from failed attempts where some input was requested. Which also tells me why files weren't closing and updating, and why I was getting errors that files were still in use and so on. -----Original Message----- From: Ed Clark <u...@edclark.net> To: U2 Users List <u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org> Sent: Wed, Feb 15, 2012 3:35 pm Subject: Re: [U2] Universe's DOS command yeah, they left that out. If you look at the docs for the SH. CSH, and VI ommands, they suggest that you look at the unix documentation on those ommands, but they don't mention it in the manual for DOS. Maybe they assumed ou would figure that out by looking at the VOC entry: DOS 01 V 02 cmd.exe 03 U 04 TICERGM 07 /Q The U on line 3 of the VOC means that running the verb will execute line 2 as an s command and pass the rest of the command line to the os command. If you anted to you could create your own verbs like this, for example if you have ygwin installed you could run the cygwin shell instead of the cmd.exe shell. his is more useful on unix than on windows, because the command needs to run in he console and not try to open desktop windows. If, for example, you try to run OTEPAD.EXE like this, your terminal will hang because notepad is running omewhere in a virtual desktop that you can't get to. If you try to use the SH verb on windows, or the DOS verb on unix, you get a essage telling you the command doesn't work on your OS. The "E" on line 4 of he voc controls this. Verbs with an E run on windows but not on unix. (There's chapter on this in the system description manual). On Feb 15, 2012, at 4:08 PM, Wjhonson wrote: > I mean they are not document in the Universe manuals for the DOS command xecutable at TCL. You only get the /c It doesn't even tell you where to go to get more information. Like "There are other options, go to Dos and type cmd /?" .... -----Original Message----- From: Robert Houben <robert.hou...@fwic.net> To: U2 Users List <u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org> Sent: Wed, Feb 15, 2012 1:00 pm Subject: Re: [U2] Universe's DOS command They actually do document these. Go to a command prompt and type: cmd /? Or help cmd (Both produce the same output) Enjoy! -----Original Message----- rom: u2-users-boun...@listserver.u2ug.org [mailto:u2-users-boun...@listserver.u2ug.org] > n Behalf Of Wjhonson ent: February-15-12 11:00 AM o: u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org ubject: Re: [U2] Universe's DOS command h... My... God mazing try DOS /C DIR hen try DOS /K DIR how come they don't document this and we have to make guesses? -----Original Message----- rom: Bob Rasmussen <r...@anzio.com> o: U2 Users List <u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org> ent: Wed, Feb 15, 2012 10:38 am ubject: Re: [U2] Universe's DOS command n educated guess would be that the DOS command invokes the command rocessor command.com in long-ago Windows, cmd.exe now) and passes the \c" (or is it /c"?) to it. f in Windows you open a CMD prompt, and type cmd /? u can see what options it accepts. My output includes: /C Carries out the command specified by string and then terminates urther down the help display, it gives more information. n Wed, 15 Feb 2012, Wjhonson wrote: The DOS command in Universe takes a "/c" argument and then you can specify a t ile like DOS \c test.bat What does \c mean? 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