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Subject: Re: [Xenomai] patch to src/utils/can/rtcansend.c to support data
 from a file
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To: "Daniel M. Drucker, Ph.D." <dmd@interactive-motion.com>
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On 04/18/2013 09:19 AM, Wolfgang Grandegger wrote:
> On 04/17/2013 03:07 PM, Daniel M. Drucker, Ph.D. wrote:
>> Gilles et al.,
>> Would you be willing to merge a separate 'rtcanmultisend' tool perhaps?
> 
> Well, I do still not see the real benefit of reading just the data from
> a file. Why is a simply shell script not good enough for that purpose?
> What are you doing whith that data sent to the bus?
> 
> Anyway, the input file should provide the id, rtr and ext, apart from
> the data, at least.

Thinking more about it, a specialized rtcanmultisend.c in
"examples/rtdm/profiles/can" would be nice. Please also provide an
example input file.

Thanks,

Wolfgang.