On Tuesday 18 May 2004 15:30, Don Gould wrote: > I want to run an application written in Advanced Revalation. You are still not thinking correctly yet.
Your statement should read:- I have an application which is currently running under Advanced Revelation, and was wondering if it's possible to 'port it to one of the databases which runs under Linux? The answer to which is to the effect:- That's almost certainly possible, Googling around yields an export to CSV utility for Advanced Revelation, so you can move the data no problems. Here's the URL:- http://www.ts.co.nz/~finsol/scan.htm It's an NZ company too so you get the software easily. > I assume I can't just run it in a bash session. Once the data is in a linux accessable database, certainly you can. For example the bash line:- psql -d accounts -c "SELECT phone from sl where name='Jones';" will give you the phone numbers of all the Joneses. Postgres, MySQL, SAPDB, IBM's DB2, Infomix, Oracle are just a few of the possible databases to choose from. > Cheers Don > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Jim Cheetham [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Tuesday, May 18, 2004 3:28 PM > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: Re: DOS emulator > > > > > > On Tue, 18 May 2004 15:02:31 +1200, Don Gould > > > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I'd now like to muck about with a dos emulator. > > > What's the easist thing to get running under RH9? > > > > bash > > It provides a command-line interface to allow you to > > manipulate files on a > > disk, to specify programs to be launched, and also has rudimentary > > "pipeline" and "redirection" operators, just like Microsoft's ones. > > > > On the other hand, perhaps you would get on better with a > > virtual machine > > like Bochs, and FreeDOS within it. Otherwise purchase the > > excellent but > > expensive VMWare, and install anything you like in there. > > > > -jim -- Sincerely etc. Christopher Sawtell NB. This PC runs Linux. If you find a virus apparently from me, it has forged the e-mail headers on someone else's machine. Please do not notify me when this occurs. Thanks.
