hostcmd_j_ is Joey's cover for 2!:0, e.g. see
www.jsoftware.com/pipermail/programming/2017-April/047204.html

On Sat, Nov 25, 2017 at 12:06 PM, J. Patrick Harrington <[email protected]>
wrote:

> Sorry, I meant "returning with no screen output'
> I am now running the full program with hostcmd_j_ for 2!:0.
> It's chugging away, hasn't failed yet. :-)
>
>
> On Sat, 25 Nov 2017, J. Patrick Harrington wrote:
>
>> Chris,
>>
>>   That test works. I just tried
>>
>> hostcmd_j_ '../synmod.exe < fort.5 >fort.6'
>>
>> and that works as well, returning with screen output, and writing
>> successfully to fort.6. So hostcmd_j_  ~: 2!:0
>>
>> On Sat, 25 Nov 2017, chris burke wrote:
>>
>>  Here is another test, this time with redirection, and using hostcmd. When
>>>  foo is run, it should wait 2 seconds and return its (string) argument.
>>> If
>>>  this works, try the same with synmod.exe.
>>>
>>>  T=: jpath '~temp/'
>>>  F=: T,'t1.sh'
>>>  G=: T,'t2.txt'
>>>  H=: T,'t3.txt'
>>>
>>>  F fwrites~ '#!/bin/bash',LF,'sleep 2',LF,'read var',LF,'echo $var'
>>>  fmakex F
>>>
>>>  foo=: 3 : 0
>>>  G fwrites~ y
>>>  H fwrites~ ''
>>>  hostcmd_j_ F,' < ',G,' > ', H
>>>  smoutput freads H
>>> )
>>>  foo 'hello'
>>>
>>>  On Sat, Nov 25, 2017 at 10:22 AM, J. Patrick Harrington
>>>  <[email protected]>
>>>  wrote:
>>>
>>> >  Chris,
>>> >          I have finally got back to my mac to test this. I have
>>> installed
>>> >  the latest j806 to make sure it's up to date (and tried this with j805
>>> >  with the same results as reported here). Both pass your test:
>>> > >     F=: jpath '~temp/t1.sh'
>>> >     F fwrites~ '#!/bin/bash',LF,'sleep 2',LF,'echo "done"'
>>> >  32
>>> >     fmakex F
>>> >     foo=: 3 : 0
>>> >     echo 2!:0 F
>>> >     echo 2+3
>>> > ) >     foo''
>>> >  done
>>> > >  5
>>> > >  The mac is a late 2014 mini running OS 10.12.6 (Sierra).
>>> >     JVERSION
>>> >  Engine: j806/j64nonavx/darwin
>>> >  Release: commercial/2017-11-06T10:18:00
>>> >  Library: 8.06.09
>>> >  Qt IDE: 1.6.2s/5.6.3
>>> >  Platform: Darwin 64
>>> >  Installer: J806 install
>>> >  InstallPath: /users/jph/j64-806
>>> > >  But... my program still fails. I can simplify the problem by just
>>> >  entering
>>> >  one line (after setting the directory to
>>> /Users/jph/tlusty205/synspec/j
>>> >  ph):
>>> >    2!:0 '../synmod.exe < fort.5 > fort.6'
>>> >  Instead of writing the output to fort.6, it dumps that output to the
>>> Jqt
>>> >  session:
>>> >  ...
>>> >   PARTITION FUNCTIONS AT THE STANDARD DEPTH
>>> >   ------------------------------------------
>>> > > >    H   4.58E+00 1.00E+00 0.00E+00 0.00E+00 0.00E+00 0.00E+00
>>> 0.00E+00
>>> >  0.00E+00
>>> >    He  1.00E+00 2.00E+00 1.00E+00 0.00E+00 0.00E+00 0.00E+00 0.00E+00
>>> >  0.00E+00
>>> >    Li  0.00E+00 0.00E+00 0.00E+00 0.00E+00 0.00E+00 0.00E+00 0.00E+00
>>> >  0.00E+00
>>> >    Be  0.00E+00 0.00E+00 0.00E+00 0.00E+00 0.00E+00 0.00E+00 0.00E+00
>>> >  0.00E+00
>>> >    B   0.00E+00 0.00E+00 0.00E+00 0.00E+00 0.00E+00 0.00E+00 0.00E+00
>>> >  0.00E+00
>>> >    C   1.19E+02 6.12E+00 1.04E+00 2.01E+00 1.00E+00 0.00E+00 0.00E+00
>>> >  0.00E+00
>>> > >  etc.
>>> >  This is just the tail of the 557 line output file. So the > direction
>>> of
>>> >  the script is not followed. But if I go to a terminal shell in the
>>> same
>>> >  directory and enter
>>> >      ../synmod.exe < fort.5 > fort.6
>>> >  it executes without any screen output. And the results are printed to
>>> >  fort.6.
>>> > >  On my Dell XPS running 806 under Ubuntu 16.04,
>>> >    2!:0 '../synmod.exe < fort.5 > fort.6'
>>> >  returns to the qt terminal without any screen output, and looking at
>>> >  fort.6, the expected results have been written there. So there is
>>> >  some problem about how 2!:0 handles the directed output on the mac as
>>> >  opposed to the Linux machine.
>>> > >  I suppose I could work around this by modifing the fortran program
>>> to >  send
>>> >  the output directly to a file called 'fort.6' instead of directing the
>>> >  standard output. But it's huge program I didn't write, and I'd rather
>>> >  not.
>>> > >  Regards, Patrick
>>> > >  On Wed, 22 Nov 2017, chris burke wrote:
>>> > > >  You should be able to do a simple test to see if 2!:0 waits, for
>>> > >  example
>>> > >  as
>>> > >  below. This does wait on my Mac with the same J as you, except the
>>> avx
>>> > >  version.
>>> > > > >  F=: jpath '~temp/t1.sh'
>>> > >  F fwrites~ '#!/bin/bash',LF,'sleep 2',LF,'echo "done"'
>>> > >  fmakex F
>>> > > > >  foo=: 3 : 0
>>> > >  echo 2!:0 F
>>> > >  echo 2+3
>>> > > ) > > > >  foo''
>>> > > > >  On Wed, Nov 22, 2017 at 7:28 PM, J. Patrick Harrington > >  <
>>> [email protected]
>>> > > > > >  wrote:
>>> > > > >  Bill,
>>> > > > > > >     I've tried that. ../synmod.exe < fort.5 > fort.6 in a
>>> terinal
>>> > > >  window works fine on all three machines. And the directory change
>>> > > >  is OK. WHen the program fails on the Mac Mini, the J session is
>>> > > >  left in the /home/tages/tlusty205/synspec/jph directory.
>>> > > > > > >  Patrick
>>> > > > > > >  On Thu, 23 Nov 2017, bill lam wrote:
>>> > > > > > >  You can try executing the cmd in bash shell to verify
>>> whether it > > >  actually
>>> > > > >  work on the other machine.
>>> > > > > > > > >  Also check the cwd in J session to see it is correct.
>>> > > > > > > > >  On Nov 23, 2017 12:54 AM, "J. Patrick Harrington" > > >
>>> >  <[email protected]>
>>> > > > >  wrote:
>>> > > > > > > > > A>>     A problem has surfaced which has me puzzled. I
>>> have written > > > > A>>     a
>>>
>>> > > > > > > > > > >  program which needs the results of another program,
>>> synmod.exe, > > >  which
>>> > > > > > > >  reads in a file, executes for a few seconds, and writes
>>> the > > > >  results
>>> > > > > >  to the file fort.6 (synmod.exe is my modification of a 10,000
>>> > > > > >  line
>>> > > > > >  fortran program). The relevant part of my program is as
>>> follows:
>>> > > > > > > > > > >  LAM=: IX=: QX=: <''
>>> > > > > >  1!:44 '/home/tages/tlusty205/synspec/jph'
>>> > > > > >  'Ti gi lam1 lam2'=. y
>>> > > > > >  fix55 lam1, lam2    NB. put lam1 & lam2 into fort.55
>>> > > > > >  lngg=. 10^. gi
>>> > > > > >  nh=. -:#Ti
>>> > > > > >  i=. _1
>>> > > > > >  while. (i=. >:i)<nh do.
>>> > > > > >    Tii=. i{Ti
>>> > > > > >    lngi=. i{lngg
>>> > > > > >    Kbicub Tii, lngi
>>> > > > > >    2!:0 '../synmod.exe < fort.5 > fort.6'
>>> > > > > >    Z=. lam2 CLEAN Extract''
>>> > > > > >    'mu rad deg lam Flx Ia Qa pol'=. Z
>>> > > > > >    LAM=: LAM, <lam
>>> > > > > >    IX=: IX, <Ia
>>> > > > > >    QX=: QX, <Qa
>>> > > > > >  end.
>>> > > > > >  1!:44 '/home/tages/J6/SPIN.d'
>>> > > > > > > > > > >  The issue here is the Foreign 2!:0. This code works
>>> *perfectly* > > > > >  on my
>>> > > > > >  Dell
>>> > > > > >  laptop running
>>> > > > > >     JVERSION
>>> > > > > >  Engine: j806/j64/linux
>>> > > > > >  Release: commercial/2017-11-06T09:54:01
>>> > > > > >  Library: 8.06.09
>>> > > > > >  Qt IDE: 1.6.2/5.3.2
>>> > > > > >  Platform: Linux 64
>>> > > > > >  Installer: J806 install
>>> > > > > >  InstallPath: /home/tages/j64-806
>>> > > > > > > > > > >  But... the very same code running on either of the
>>> other two > > > > >  machines I
>>> > > > > >  use fails. The line 2!:0 '../synmod.exe < fort.5 > fort.6'
>>> > > > > >  should write the results of synmod to the file fort.6, but
>>> > > > > >  instead defines fort.6 but writes nothing to it. Thus the
>>> > > > > >  Extract'' routine fails when it tries to read fort.6.
>>> > > > > > > > > > >  I suspect that while 2!:0 waits for synmod.exe to
>>> finish, maybe
>>> > > > > >  on my other machines it transfers to the next line of the J
>>> code
>>> > > > > >  before fort.6 is written. One of these machines is a Mac Mini
>>> > > > > >  running
>>> > > > > >     JVERSION
>>> > > > > >     Engine: j806/j64nonavx/darwin
>>> > > > > >     Release: commercial/2017-11-06T10:18:00
>>> > > > > >     Library: 8.06.09
>>> > > > > >     Qt IDE: 1.6.2s/5.6.3
>>> > > > > >     Platform: Darwin 64
>>> > > > > >     Installer: J806 install
>>> > > > > >     InstallPath: /users/jph/j64-806
>>> > > > > > > > > > >  So I'm asking if the foreign 2!:0 in some cases
>>> returns without
>>> > > > > >  waiting. I thought just 2!:1 did that.
>>> > > > > > > > > > >  Apologies for the long-winded post,  Patrick
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