Hello Kamesh, i know Netware and still i'd say CLI is definitively not the place to add stuff like this. If you really need this then you may want to do some INI controled user-space magic. Like adding a get-char through auto-append-file.
regards marcus Tuesday, October 26, 2004, 4:31:16 PM, you 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 >> > >> > -- Best regards, Marcus mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] -- PHP Internals - PHP Runtime Development Mailing List To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
