I think your approach is correct :) Are there feelings about how much we should have? I mean curl would be nice (not GPL'd as wget is) but may be a bit beyond what we want to include. I know it wasn't part of R5 but it's something that's good to have. Same goes for a true which (GNU version works very well). david > Hey, everyone might as well join the party! Throw some stuff in there! > > Of course, it will all be blown away as soon as we move to the new CVS > structure, but, until then, no one can stop us from checking in some > goodies there (mwahahaha, evil laughter). > > Some of these apps are pretty trivial. Others, however, will be quite > difficult. Francois believes that all the GNU stuff should be ported > over from GNU sources, and he's probably right, but I can't help but > want to rewrite the really simple stuff anyway. > > ;-) > > > >Yeah, I've been watching :) > > > >I guess the network apps should go there as well, but have to get the > stack > >into the new build tree first. That'll be next week and I needed arp > to help > >diagnose an "issue" we have. > > > >david > > > >----- Original Message ----- > >From: "Daniel Reinhold" <danielr@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > >To: <openbeos@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > >Sent: Friday, April 26, 2002 12:13 PM > >Subject: [openbeos] Re: commands in /bin > > > > > >> I've just checked in some these files into > >> file://applications/bin > >> > >> in the CVS repository. > >> > >> This gives everyone a place to see them, add, contribute, complain, > >> etc. > >> > >> I just got thru checking in pc, which is Dominic's calculator > program. > >> I had a copy of this on my local drive from several years ago. I > hope > >> he doesn't mind (he shouldn't since he displayed the program for a > long > >> time on his site as freeware, basically). > >> > >> > >> > >> >FWIW, the new network stack also provides... > >> > > >> >route > >> >ifconfig > >> >arp (about to go into CVS) > >> > > >> >More to follow :) > >> > > >> >david > >> > > >> >----- Original Message ----- > >> >From: "François Revol" <revol@xxxxxxx> > >> >To: <openbeos@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > >> >Sent: Friday, April 26, 2002 10:23 AM > >> >Subject: [openbeos] commands in /bin > >> > > >> > > >> >> I did 'ps' this morning :) > >> >> > >> >> Btw, for the strings I used the ones output from the originals, > so > >> typos > >> >are > >> >> emulated too :))) > >> >> Someone just pointed me that prio (the original) had one: > >> >> "Priority changed failed." I'll correct this. =) > >> >> > >> >> http://clapcrest.free.fr/revol/beos/openbeos_bin_commands.html > >> >> > >> >> Remember most of those are to be written in plain C preferably, > >> >> and _without_ any help of app_server (many of them are needed in > the > >> >> bootscripts, that launch app_server :P). That doesn't go for > things > >> like > >> >> roster, which specifically queries BRoster, but all the *attr > stuff > >> should > >> >use > >> >> the C API for example. > >> >> > >> >> I've put a zip here: > >> >> http://clapcrest.free.fr/revol/beos/openbeos_bins.zip > >> >> So those who don't remember how to code in plain C can get an > idea : > >> -) > >> >> There is the text file and the shell script also. > >> >> > >> >> Enjoy. > >> >> > >> >> François. > >> >> > >> >> P.S. //www.freelists.org/cgi-bin/list?list_id=openbeos to > >> unsubscribe > >> >> (choose in the dropdown) > >> >> > >> > > >> > > >> > > > > >