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GETTEXT ST-UNIX User's Manual GETTEXT
COMMAND
gettext - locally print, display or capture text files from a
UNIX host.
FORMAT
gettext [%][+]<filename>
DESCRIPTION
pGettextq can either print, display or capture a text file
that exists on a UNIX host. It is important that certain
information be placed in the .cshrc and .login files of the host
as follows:
The .login file -
alias incat 'setenv FOOBAR x ; /bin/csh ; unsetenv FOOBAR'
alias outcat 'stty echo ; exit'
The .cshrc file -
if ($?FOOBAR) then
set prompt = ''
stty -echo
echo 'ready'
endif
Furthermore, any prompt settings in the .cshrc file should be
specified before the above if expression.
The operation of pgettextq at execution is as follows: the
'incat' command is issued to the host. The host sets up a csh
with no prompt and no echo and sends back 'ready'. pGettextq
responds to the 'ready' signal by sending 'cat <filename>'. The
file is cat'ed and printed locally. Upon completion of the text
transmission a timer times out, the outcat command is issued to
the host (restoring echo and prompt) and execution on the ST is
terminated.
OPTIONS
% = the text is both printed and displayed
+ = the text is displayed only
no % or + = the text is printed only but a 120 character
file head is displayed (thus error messages are seen).
NOTES
To capture text simply redirect output, for example by
gettext +foo.bar > foo.bar
Execution may be stopped at any time by pressing ^C or Return.
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