03-04-2010
CYGWIN from VB6
I know this is probably very simple and a total newbie question but I could not find it here. I can run the following from the CYGWIN command line:
$ ls /cygdrive/e -R > /cygdrive/c/disk300.txt
and it will take the directory listing of CDRom drive E recursively and save it in a text file obviously.
Now I want to launch this CYGWIN command from VB6 and write a simple interface for it. I do know how to program in VB6 but not sure how to save the above command to a file and run it from VB6. I will have my VB6 program change the filename every time and I can handle this in VB but I just want to know how to save the command. I guess I want to execute it like running a .bat file in DOS. Is it .sh and if so, can I call and execute an .sh from VB6 or does CYGWIN have some way I can send commands from VB (even easier)?
Thank you,
Joe
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BEAV(1) General Commands Manual BEAV(1)
NAME
beav - binary file editor and viewer
SYNOPSIS
beav [file...]
DESCRIPTION
This is a brief description of the minimal set of commands that are necessary to start using beav effectively. For more information,
review the file /usr/share/doc/beav/beav140.txt.gz.
The file-visit command, Ctl-X Ctl-V, can be used to read a file in for editing. The file can also be read in from the command line; beav
<edit_file>.
Data is displayed in one or more windows. These commands can be used to navigate around the windows.
move-back-char Ctl-B moves left
move-back-line Ctl-P moves up
move-forw-char Ctl-F moves right
move-forw-line Ctl-N moves down
window-delete Ctl-X 0 delete window
window-expand Ctl-X 1 expand window
The move-to-byte command, Ctl-X G, will prompt you for a byte position to move to.
These commands will insert a zero byte at the cursor position or delete the byte at that position.
insert-unit Ctl-X I
delete-forw-unit Esc D
The file-save command, Ctl-X Ctl-S, will save the data to the file if a change has been made.
The help command, Esc ?, will display a list of all commands and their current key bindings.
The abort-cmd command, Ctl-G, will abort any command that is in operation.
The quit-no-save command, Ctl-X Ctl-C, will exit beav. If there is any data that has not been saved you will be warned.
FILES
/usr/share/doc/beav/beav140.txt.gz
BEAV(1)