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Subject: cli <-> console.device query
Message-ID: <8711231609.AA20634@jade.berkeley.edu>
Date: Mon, 23-Nov-87 12:02:28 EST
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Posted: Mon Nov 23 12:02:28 1987
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Last week I tried to write my own shell. Everything works fine as long as I
use Execute() to start programs. As Execute() has some drawbacks, I tried
to 'RUN' my shell-program and to 'transmit' the command line to the
CLI process. Browsing through memory I found a buffer where  the
console.device (that's what I suppose) stores keyboard entries. This buffer
can be found with
buffer=(((struct FileHandle*)BADDR(CliProcess->pr_CIS))->fh_Type)+136;
(I don't have the source actually here, might be completely wrong).
The buffer holds 256 characters and is followed by an LONG pointer,
pointing at the last byte entered.
Writing my command-line into the buffer and changing this pointer, does
in fact transmit the string to my CLI-Process, but does not start the
program, as if I had typed "command <cntl>j" into a CLI window; I have
to activate the CLI-window and press return, to make things work.
Now here are my questions:
Does anyone have an INCLUDE - File for that buffer ?
What is CLI waiting for to start ?
I'm shure that this is a totally wrong approach to the problem. I would
exepect that I have to send some message or an packet somewhere.
But what message ? where ? why ?
Anyone ?

Werner Guenther (G35@DHDURZ1.BITNET)