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Top Forums UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers CYGWIN from VB6 Post 302401038 by zunebuggy on Thursday 4th of March 2010 08:42:10 PM
Old 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

Smilie
 

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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)
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