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{─ Fido Pascal Conference ────────────────────────────────────────────── PASCAL ─
Msg : 285 of 354
From : Mark Lewis 1:3634/12.0 14 Apr 93 17:12
To : Kelly Small
Subj : Redirection of output...
────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
> BC> Still need a bit of help here. I can't redirect output from a
> BC> program when executing it from a Pascal program! Is there any
> BC> this from Pascal? Any help would be greatly appreciated.
> If I understand you, you are using the Exec procedure to run a
> program. IF that is the case you won't be ablr to redirect since
> this is a function of Dos and not the program you exec. You will
> need to run the program through a child process in order to
> perform the redirect, something like:
> Exec(GetEnv('COMSPEC'),'/C MyProg.exe>redirect');
one could also utilize duplicate file handles -=B-)
ie: this source posted in here a year or so ago<<smile>>...}
{=============================================================}
Unit Execute;
Interface
Procedure Exec(Path,CmdLine : String);
Implementation
Uses Dos;
Function ExtractFileName(Var Line : String;Index : Integer) : String;
Var
Temp : String;
Begin
Delete(Line,Index,1);
While (Index <= Length(Line)) AND (Line[Index] = ' ')
Do Delete(Line,Index,1);
Temp := '';
While (Index <= Length(Line)) AND (Line[Index] <> ' ') Do
Begin
Temp := Temp + Line[Index];
Delete(Line,Index,1);
End;
ExtractFileName := Temp;
End;
Procedure CloseHandle(Handle : Word);
Var
Regs : Registers;
Begin
With Regs Do
Begin
AH := $3E;
BX := Handle;
MsDos(Regs);
End;
End;
Procedure Duplicate(SourceHandle : Word;Var TargetHandle : Word);
Var
Regs : Registers;
Begin
With Regs Do
Begin
AH := $45;
BX := SourceHandle;
MsDos(Regs);
TargetHandle := AX;
End;
End;
Procedure ForceDuplicate(SourceHandle : Word;Var TargetHandle : Word);
Var
Regs : Registers;
Begin
With Regs Do
Begin
AH := $46;
BX := SourceHandle;
CX := TargetHandle;
MsDos(Regs);
TargetHandle := AX;
End;
End;
Procedure Exec(Path,CmdLine : String);
Var
StdIn : Word;
Stdout : Word;
Index : Integer;
FName : String[80];
InFile : Text;
OutFile : Text;
InHandle : Word;
OutHandle : Word;
{ ===============>>>> } { change below for STDERR }
Begin
StdIn := 0;
StdOut := 1; { change to 2 for StdErr }
Duplicate(StdIn,InHandle); { duplicate standard input }
Duplicate(StdOut,OutHandle); { duplicate standard output }
Index := Pos('>',CmdLine);
If Index > 0 Then { check for output redirection }
Begin
FName := ExtractFileName(CmdLine,Index); { get output file name }
Assign(OutFile,FName); { open a text file }
Rewrite(OutFile); { .. for output }
ForceDuplicate(TextRec(OutFile).Handle,StdOut);{ make output same }
End;
Index := Pos('<',CmdLine);
If Index > 0 Then { check for input redirection }
Begin
FName := ExtractFileName(CmdLine,Index); { get input file name }
Assign(InFile,FName); { open a text file }
Reset(InFile); { for input }
ForceDuplicate(TextRec(InFile).Handle,StdIn); { make input same }
End;
DOS.Exec(Path,CmdLine); { run EXEC }
ForceDuplicate(InHandle,StdIn); { put standard input back to keyboard }
ForceDuplicate(OutHandle,StdOut); { put standard output back to screen }
CloseHandle(InHandle); { close the redirected input file }
CloseHandle(OutHandle); { close the redirected output file }
End;
End.
{===============================================================}
{
Use it exactly as you would the normal EXEC procedure:
Exec('MASM.EXE','mystuff.asm');
To activate redirection simply add the redirection symbols, etc:
Exec('MASM.EXE','mystuff.asm >err.lst');
One note of caution. This routine temporarily uses extra handles. It's
either two or four more. The various books I have are not clear as to
whether duplicated handles 'count' or not. My guess is yes. If you don't
plan on redirecting STDIN then remove all the code for duplicating it to
cut your handle overhead in half.
}
i wish i could remember who posted it originally but i can't. if they happen to
be reading this, THANKS!