On Sun, 14 Oct 2012 21:48:37 +0100 (BST) Tom Davies <tomdavie...@yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
> Hi :) > You did the right thing by posting to this list first but your > question is waaay beyond the skills of most people on this list. > > I think you need to copy&paste your question to the devs list and > maybe ask your own distro's devs too. It might be worth also asking > in the general Gnu&Linux forum http://www.linuxquestions.org because > they can usually handle almost any distro. > > Errrr, it's worth letting people know which distro you are using and > version number might help too. Good luck and happy hunting! > Regards from > Tom :) > > > --- On Sun, 14/10/12, chaonis <chao...@gmail.com> wrote: > > From: chaonis <chao...@gmail.com> > Subject: [libreoffice-users] BASIC script how to read/write system > files, like /dev/null in Linux To: users@global.libreoffice.org > Date: Sunday, 14 October, 2012, 20:08 > > I am trying to write scripts accessing the system files, such > as /dev/ttyS0. If I use "Open" I got the error "Device I/O error" > message. Are there any special function call needed to be done for > the system files? User permission is good as I can access to the file > using any other Linux commands. > > Following is the code I tried. It stalled on the first "Open" > statement: > > Sub Main > Dim iNumber As Integer > Dim aFile As String > aFile = "/dev/ttyS0" > iNumber = Freefile > Open aFile For Output As #iNumber > Print #iNumber, "*IDN?" > close #iNumber > iNumber = Freefile > Open aFile For Input As #iNumber > While not eof(iNumber) > Line Input #iNumber, sLine > If sLine <>"" then > sMsg = sMsg & sLine & chr(13) > end if > wend > Close #iNumber > Msgbox sMsg > End Sub > > > > -- > View this message in context: > http://nabble.documentfoundation.org/BASIC-script-how-to-read-write-system-files-like-dev-null-in-Linux-tp4013296.html > Sent from the Users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. > > Hi Chanois, As Tom said you should ask this on the devs lists. Dev files have different formats dependent on the device. I don't believe they are even ASCII files in some cases, using various codes. Tom :<)) (note double chin) -- “What we do for ourselves dies with us. What we do for others and the world remains and is immortal.” Albert Pine -- Tom Taylor - retired penguin AMD Phenom II x4 955 -- 4GB RAM -- 2x1.5TB sata2 openSUSE 12.1x86_64 openSUSE 12.2x86_64 KDE 4.7.2, FF 7.0 KDE 4.9.1, FF 15.0 claws-mail 3.8.0 registered linux user 263467 linxt-At-comcast-DoT-net -- For unsubscribe instructions e-mail to: users+h...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
