Thanks everyone.
I actually ran the program in question using Wine compatibility layer
and it seemed to work fine.
Terry, that looks like it could be useful, too. I'll give it a shot
and let you guys know how it works.
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On Wed, May 4, 2011 at 9:34 AM, ETP wrote:
> I have a dos program (run in a window) that I would like to control
> with a script. It needs only text input.
>
> It will then wait for a file to be created, rename the file, then
> loop. Simple.
>
Or not.
> I'd like to run this on Lucid Puppy Li
On 5/4/2011 12:34 PM, ETP wrote:
I have a dos program (run in a window) that I would like to control
with a script.
Look at the subprocess module. You may have to (and be able to) have it
start up the window program with the dos program as an argument.
It needs only text input. For exampl
On 2011-05-04, Ian Kelly wrote:
> On Wed, May 4, 2011 at 10:52 AM, Grant Edwards
> wrote:
>> On 2011-05-04, Matty Sarro wrote:
>>> On Wed, May 4, 2011 at 12:34 PM, ETP wrote:
I have a dos program (run in a window) that I would like to control
with a script.
>>
>>> Look into the pexpe
On Wed, May 4, 2011 at 10:52 AM, Grant Edwards wrote:
> On 2011-05-04, Matty Sarro wrote:
>> On Wed, May 4, 2011 at 12:34 PM, ETP wrote:
>>> I have a dos program (run in a window) that I would like to control
>>> with a script.
>
>> Look into the pexpect library, it'll make this easy as punch.
>
On 2011-05-04, Matty Sarro wrote:
> On Wed, May 4, 2011 at 12:34 PM, ETP wrote:
>> I have a dos program (run in a window) that I would like to control
>> with a script.
> Look into the pexpect library, it'll make this easy as punch.
I don't think pexpect is going to do the OP much good. Quot
Look into the pexpect library, it'll make this easy as punch.
http://www.noah.org/wiki/pexpect
On Wed, May 4, 2011 at 12:34 PM, ETP wrote:
> I have a dos program (run in a window) that I would like to control
> with a script. It needs only text input. For example, I only need to
> tell it:
>
>
I have a dos program (run in a window) that I would like to control
with a script. It needs only text input. For example, I only need to
tell it:
L
u
100
u
It will then wait for a file to be created, rename the file, then
loop. Simple.
I'd like to run this on Lucid Puppy Linux as it will be
