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by jdmcbride
Nov 17, 2021 0:00
Forum: Linux
Topic: Video & Audio data base & Player
Replies: 13
Views: 4397

Re: Video & Audio data base & Player

Dinosaur wrote:Hi All
Hi Back at you! How you feel about python? Very similar to basic....

Goto: https://github.com/ViktorNova/edna

It will do all that you just asked for. Just need python....
by jdmcbride
Oct 20, 2020 22:42
Forum: Linux
Topic: SETENVIRON
Replies: 16
Views: 7083

SETENVIRON

in Linux, I can set an environment variable with: SETENVIRON("COUNT=123") print ENVIRON("COUNT") will return 123 as a string so far so good.... Doing this fails: MYCOUNT="123" SETENVIRON("COUNT=" + MYCOUNT) print ENVIRON("COUNT") will return a NULL W...
by jdmcbride
Oct 14, 2020 21:39
Forum: Linux
Topic: Linux syslog
Replies: 3
Views: 1832

Re: Linux syslog

Thank you from 7 years ago. This works perfectly.
by jdmcbride
Oct 14, 2020 20:28
Forum: General
Topic: I hate shell
Replies: 17
Views: 6814

Re: I hate shell

And rc being a string, would return the output of the command or the error text if it fails. And how would the user differentiate between those two options? Dim rc as string to get the text output from the command. Return the string or an error... This would be way much better than the current shel...
by jdmcbride
Oct 14, 2020 19:30
Forum: General
Topic: I hate shell
Replies: 17
Views: 6814

Re: I hate shell

Hello to a very old post....

Maybe we just need a new SHELL option. Ideally your should be able to:

dim rc as string
rc = shell("dir /")

And rc being a string, would return the output of the command or the error text if it fails.

Would really be much better!
by jdmcbride
May 24, 2020 1:43
Forum: Projects
Topic: nettobac: network connections (cross-platform 32/64 bit)
Replies: 2
Views: 3260

Re: nettobac: network connections (cross-platform 32/64 bit)

Hey! It's 2020 and I would like to use this. it fails to compile on Debian Buster...
by jdmcbride
Apr 18, 2020 2:15
Forum: Linux
Topic: Error 26
Replies: 4
Views: 5910

Re: Error 26

Knatterton wrote:That's common in linux.

Yes! Absolutely. Linux is very good at user permissions. Quite unlike Windows.
by jdmcbride
Dec 10, 2017 23:22
Forum: Linux
Topic: FIFO pipes for interprocess communication
Replies: 7
Views: 2591

Re: FIFO pipes for interprocess communication

Thank you,

I was looking for an IPC solution. This may be what Im looking for.

Jerry
by jdmcbride
Nov 13, 2016 23:03
Forum: General
Topic: Tonight bug catch
Replies: 48
Views: 6636

Re: Tonight bug catch

I found a misspelling in net.bi. this: Function NetReciveString( needs to be changed to: Function NetReceiveString( And at the end of the function, this: NetReciveString=l needs to be changed to: NetReceiveString=l I cant believe I found this, after all this time.... Anyway, my freebasic server moni...
by jdmcbride
Sep 12, 2016 0:49
Forum: Sources, Examples, Tips and Tricks
Topic: BINARY - Clock "for coder's only" ;-)
Replies: 5
Views: 2475

Re: BINARY - Clock "for coder's only" ;-)

These are so awesome. I'm a nerd and i'm grinning ear-to-ear!
by jdmcbride
Sep 12, 2016 0:43
Forum: Sources, Examples, Tips and Tricks
Topic: decQuad lib and example
Replies: 13
Views: 2993

Re: decQuad lib and example

Hi srvaldez,

Yes, you are correct. I had no luck ether and have resorted to hacking the data as a string. Thank you, so much, for your help.

Jerry
by jdmcbride
Sep 11, 2016 4:41
Forum: Archive
Topic: Simple enet server/client
Replies: 8
Views: 6763

Re: Simple enet server/client

if anyone has a copy of enet_example.rar, please share.
by jdmcbride
Sep 11, 2016 3:59
Forum: Sources, Examples, Tips and Tricks
Topic: decQuad lib and example
Replies: 13
Views: 2993

Re: decQuad lib and example

Sure. How to move?
by jdmcbride
Sep 11, 2016 2:57
Forum: Sources, Examples, Tips and Tricks
Topic: decQuad lib and example
Replies: 13
Views: 2993

Re: decQuad lib and example

Since I here... is there an easy way to to separate a big float into a whole number and remainder?