I just want to report that my use of “docker run -v” was not correct. This works much better:
docker run -v /Users/jkleiser/script:/opt/script -it progit/docker-tinycore-picolisp I can then do things like (dir "/opt/script") or (in "/opt/script/foo.sh" (echo)) from inside PicoLisp. /Jon > On 12. Aug, 2016, at 16:40, Jon Kleiser <jon.klei...@fsat.no> wrote: > > Hi David, > > I have now tried your container as described at > https://hub.docker.com/r/progit/docker-tinycore-picolisp/, and I got PicoLisp > version 16.5.30 running. Does your container allow me to get access to the > Tinycore Linux command line? > > I need to load a PicoLisp file I have on my Mac. I have tried starting your > container like this: > docker run -v /Users/jkleiser/script -it progit/docker-tinycore-picolisp > but when I from inside PicoLisp do (dir "/Users/jkleiser/script”), I just get > NIL, so for some reason sharing the OS X file system with your container > doesn’t work at the moment. Maybe the container has to be set up for the new > ‘osxfs’ shared file system solution? I don’t know. > > If I could get at the Tinycore Linux CLI, then I could maybe get my PicoLisp > file by use of wget or curl (if I put the file on the net first). > > /Jon > > >> On 6. Jun, 2016, at 23:32, David Bloom <ipro...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> Hi Alex, >> >> There are several reasons why I've created PicoLisp in a container. >> >> 1) The image has recently been trimmed down to 14MB. The large image was >> just to get something out there and refine it shortly afterwards. >> 2) I didn't know that there was an existing extension. Is it the latest >> version? All existing apt-get/tce-load solutions were off older versions. >> 3) PicoLisp on windows isn't very straightforward to set up but Docker seems >> easier. Perhaps it can help garner more windows attention? >> 4) And the main reason why is to run PicoLisp apps against a distributed >> storage on Triton container infrastructure. Ultimately because I think >> people are doing it wrong, using Python mainly for data science >> applications. My friend said to show people what's the right way then. I'd >> much rather use PicoLisp rather than Python for data science applications. >> Yes I understand that it lowers the barrier of entry for non-programmers but >> then companies wind up hiring programmers anyway so I'm reaching for my >> favorite language >> >> I hope that explains things more. >> >> Why download a 187MB file to "try" PicoLisp in Tinycore when you can just >> type: "tce-load -il picolisp" to download/install the 88KB extension ? >> >> I'm sorry, I don't understand the purpose of this. >> >> >> Alex >> >> On Wed, Jun 1, 2016 at 2:46 PM, David Bloom <ipro...@gmail.com> wrote: >> Thanks to your collective help I'm pleased to announce the availability of >> PicoLisp in a docker container! Now anyone with docker installed can try >> out 64-bit PicoLisp v16.2 running on Tinycore Linux by running: >> >> docker pull progit/picolisp >> >> The image is 187MB which I hope to trim further but this is already hundreds >> of MB less than most popular images. I'll maintain the latest version in >> the container. >> >> Please do offer up helpful suggestions if you have any and enjoy! >> >> -David Bloom >> >> > > PԔ � &j)m����X��� ��zV�u�.n7��I칻 �&
