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From: Sullivan@cup.portal.com (sullivan - segall)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.tech
Subject: Re: A desparate plea.... (ARexx?)
Message-ID: <23607@cup.portal.com>
Date: 2 Nov 89 03:04:01 GMT
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>I need a way to execute programs that meets the following criteria:
>
>  1) I must be able to examine the return code from the command
>  2) I must be able to pass command line parameters to the command
>  3) I must be able to redirect standard i/o
>  4) The command must run interactively; that is, if I run something
>     like Format, format must talk to the keyboard.  Also, the command
>     that is run must listen to the break key normally
>  5) The command, if it in turn executes another command, must properly
>     look at the AmigaDos path.
>
>Also, I very highly want the following:
>
>  6> A way to set the stack size and task priority
>  7) A method that won't crash on BCPL programs (as forkv() does - it
>     also crashes on around 10% of other, non BCPL code)
>
>  8) A way to run the command in the background if I wish
>

The easiest way I can think of is by using ARexx. (To be distributed
with 1.4)  If that isn't acceptable, Bill Hawes should be able to 
steer you in the right direction.
-ss