RE: Three major questions. Issue 4

["administrator" <administrator@mail.hq42.net>]

> $ cd src/tools/periph
> $ mkfifo fdin fdout
> $ xdosemu -Ufdin:fdout &
> $ ./dosctrl fdin fdout
> help
> ack [{on|off}]      get/set user hook handshake acknowledge
> hello               just for testing, any kinf of argument
> kill                kill the dosemu session from inside
> version             prints the dosemu version
> keystroke <strokes> insert keystrokes into the DOS session
> log [debugflags]    get/set debugflags which control log output
> hog [value]         get/set the HogThreshold
> boot [{on|off}]     get/set the mode of the vbootfloppy
> xmode [<args>]      set X parameters, without args gives help
> lredir n: dir [ro]  redirect directory 'dir' to DOS drive 'n:'
> help                this screen
> ecpu [{on|off}]     get/set cpuemu
> config              print the current configuration
> version
> dosemu-1.1.5.7
> ^C
> $
>
> All this does is trade on input terminal for another...
> and tie me to x as well.

no, it is just an example. You can start dosemu instead of xdosemu if you
like and start dosctrl in another terminal. All that dosctrl does it to
talk to fdout and get input from fdin in an infinite loop.

> I know how to create and permission a FIFO
> it "talks" to dosemu fine ( dosemu reads from it )
> dosemu produces ( bogus) output on the output pipe
> so we know it is connected to the output pipe....
> so why do I get the    Command "whatever" not found
> no matter what I type?

if you type "help" it should present you with the above left.

And the light comes on at last...:)
I do have it setup correctly...
I just do not have a dos shell
I have the pre-initialization environment
Is this correct?

$ echo help > fdin
$ cat fdout
ack [{on|off}]      get/set user hook handshake acknowledge
hello               just for testing, any kinf of argument
kill                kill the dosemu session from inside
version             prints the dosemu version
keystroke <strokes> insert keystrokes into the DOS session
log [debugflags]    get/set debugflags which control log output
hog [value]         get/set the HogThreshold
boot [{on|off}]     get/set the mode of the vbootfloppy
xmode [<args>]      set X parameters, without args gives help
lredir n: dir [ro]  redirect directory 'dir' to DOS drive 'n:'
help                this screen
ecpu [{on|off}]     get/set cpuemu
config              print the current configuration

Maybe you were thinking that it directly takes DOS commands. It doesn't.
No "dir" and "copy", but "xmode" and "hog" are valid commands.
It controls certain aspects of a virtual machine.

> Does this "feature" actually work? ( in 1.1.5.6 )
> Has it ever worked in any version?
> ( with normal FIFO files driven by a frontend )

it works like I showed you. Not more not less.

When I type "help" I get the correct output...:)
but the keystroke command is giving me some trouble
is the syntax like the -input flag?
or do I put them in plain?  ( no quote and no trailing \r   )

send me a couple of quick examples of
keystroke input syntax ( do you have to quote the string?)