How about moving this kind of functionality into ext/netware and having a couple of functions that manipulate the netware screens/interactivity stuff?
Then the scripts themselves can control exactly what is needed; this feels better to me, as it is more in line with other systems. --Wez On Tue, 26 Oct 2004 07:31:16 -0700, Kamesh Jayachandran <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi Wez, > We have bash ported to NetWare which is new addition to our Netware > distro. > But still people tend to use System Console to run their programs. > Basically this is the requirements from some of Netware customers to use > php interpreter for running some cron jobs which does not need any > pressanykey(No interactivity with the user). > > For other regular scripts invoked manually by user needs sort of > interactivity before closing the screen. > > Regarding the pressanykey we can use NetWare system defaults to have > prompt functionality upon exit without having any code to have > pressanykey code. > > Still we need to have switches to have this interactivity or not(Based > on usage regular/cron) > We need one more switch to determine whether to have output in the > Logger screen(System wide log console) or Interpreter screen. > > With regards > Kamesh Jayachandran > > On Tue, 26 Oct 2004 15:01:34 +0100, "Wez Furlong" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > said: > > > > Doesn't netware have a standard wait or pause utility for this kind of > > thing? > > > > It feels like PHP is the wrong place to add this kind of option; why > > should every application that runs on netware include code to open a > > screen? Why should every application that runs on netware include > > press-any-key code? > > > > Surely it is better to port a real shell and put the netware code in > > there instead? > > > > --Wez. > > > > > > On Tue, 26 Oct 2004 06:18:21 -0700, Kamesh Jayachandran > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Hi All, > > > I need two cli switches to handle some special cases to NetWare specific > > > php invocation. > > > In linux and windows where shell and command prompt far live the php > > > interpreter invoked from them. > > > Both shell and command prompt will capture the output of the child php > > > interpreter. > > > In NetWare OS, php cli for that matter most programs are not invoked > > > from environments like shell/command prompt. > > > They are invoked directly from System Console which is in some sense > > > similar to "init" of Linux. > > > This makes the program to have their own Screen. > > > Upon exit of the program the screen will close and the user can not see > > > the output anymore. > > > To solve this issue we have 'pressanykey' prompt under ifdef for NetWare > > > in php cli code before calling exit.. > > > > > > This introduces another problem of scripts to always wait for user to > > > press any key before closing the screen. > > > > > > So we need a command line switch to conditionally prompting for user's > > > attention 'pressanykey'. > > > > > > Another command line switch we need is to conditionally open or not to > > > open the screen at all. > > > > > > Currently I could see g, j, k, o, p, t,u, x, y not being used. > > > > > > Can I make use of any two of them? > > > > > > With regards > > > Kamesh Jayachandran > > > > > > -- > > > PHP Internals - PHP Runtime Development Mailing List > > > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > > > > > > > -- PHP Internals - PHP Runtime Development Mailing List To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
