* [9fans] Simple plumbing @ 2006-07-28 16:24 Robert Hibberdine 2006-07-28 16:21 ` erik quanstrom 2006-07-28 17:03 ` Russ Cox 0 siblings, 2 replies; 5+ messages in thread From: Robert Hibberdine @ 2006-07-28 16:24 UTC (permalink / raw) To: 9fans Hi all, I've just started to play around with the plumber. As a simple experiment I thought I'd write a plumbing rule that simply listed directories; ie when you 'plumb' text that is a directory name then it lists the contents of that directory in your shell window. It's the last part I'm having problems with. If I just have plumb start ls $dir then the result is written by the background rc (the one that starts when you boot) and not the relevant window. I have tried various combinations of 'start' 'client' and 'window' without success :-) . Is it possible to do this in this way? Many thanks Bob ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 5+ messages in thread
* Re: [9fans] Simple plumbing 2006-07-28 16:24 [9fans] Simple plumbing Robert Hibberdine @ 2006-07-28 16:21 ` erik quanstrom 2006-07-28 17:17 ` Robert Hibberdine 2006-07-28 17:03 ` Russ Cox 1 sibling, 1 reply; 5+ messages in thread From: erik quanstrom @ 2006-07-28 16:21 UTC (permalink / raw) To: 9fans try plumb start window rc -c 'ls $dir' - erik ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 5+ messages in thread
* Re: [9fans] Simple plumbing 2006-07-28 16:21 ` erik quanstrom @ 2006-07-28 17:17 ` Robert Hibberdine 2006-07-28 17:16 ` erik quanstrom 0 siblings, 1 reply; 5+ messages in thread From: Robert Hibberdine @ 2006-07-28 17:17 UTC (permalink / raw) To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs erik quanstrom wrote: >try > plumb start window rc -c 'ls $dir' > >- erik > > > Thanks. I tried that and it seems that a terminal window flashes up and disappears really quickly. Maybe I have to write some plumber client to do this correctly??? Bob ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 5+ messages in thread
* Re: [9fans] Simple plumbing 2006-07-28 17:17 ` Robert Hibberdine @ 2006-07-28 17:16 ` erik quanstrom 0 siblings, 0 replies; 5+ messages in thread From: erik quanstrom @ 2006-07-28 17:16 UTC (permalink / raw) To: 9fans after the ls is done, then rc exits. what do you want it to do? you could try: plumb start window rc -c 'ls $dir ; sleep 10' or if you're feeling sneaky plumb start window rc -c 'ls $dir ; flag i + ; . /rc/lib/rcmain' i think you need to replace $dir with $0. - erik On Fri Jul 28 12:18:57 CDT 2006, bob.hibberdine@ntlworld.com wrote: > erik quanstrom wrote: > > >try > > plumb start window rc -c 'ls $dir' > > > >- erik > > > > > > > Thanks. > I tried that and it seems that a terminal window flashes up and > disappears really quickly. > Maybe I have to write some plumber client to do this correctly??? > > Bob ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 5+ messages in thread
* Re: [9fans] Simple plumbing 2006-07-28 16:24 [9fans] Simple plumbing Robert Hibberdine 2006-07-28 16:21 ` erik quanstrom @ 2006-07-28 17:03 ` Russ Cox 1 sibling, 0 replies; 5+ messages in thread From: Russ Cox @ 2006-07-28 17:03 UTC (permalink / raw) To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs The plumber has no access to the window where you are running the plumb command. Russ ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 5+ messages in thread
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