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From: jms@tardis.Tymnet.COM (Joe Smith)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.tech
Subject: Re: Execute function and ^C
Summary: Use "NewCLI from ..." instead of execute.
Message-ID: <281@tardis.Tymnet.COM>
Date: 28 Jun 89 02:29:47 GMT
References: <17114@gryphon.COM>
Reply-To: jms@tardis.Tymnet.COM (Joe Smith)
Organization: McDonnell Douglas Field Service Co, San Jose CA
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In article <17114@gryphon.COM> collins@pnet02.cts.com (Steven Collins) writes:
>I have a C program that uses the Execute function to perform the
>cli command:  execute mybatchfile. The batchfile then goes off and
>performs a bunch of time consuming commands. What I want to be able to
>do is interrupt the thing in the middle (perhaps by typing ^C at the console).

Instead of doing an "execute mybatchfile", try using:
"NewCLI con:0/0/600/160/foo from mybatchfile".  The new CLI will execute your
commands, and it has this nice big window where you can type ^C and/or ^D.
You will need to put an "EndCLI" statement at the end of the file.
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