[maemo-developers] Does osso-xterm support command line parameters ?

[From: Acadia Secure Networks]

James,

nice! And thanks for the info. I hope Nokia sooner (as opposed to later) 
integrates  these tools into the core product.

Best Regards,

 

John Holmblad

 

Acadia Secure Networks


 



James Sparenberg wrote:
> On Monday 04 June 2007 08:07:02 Acadia Secure Networks wrote:
>   
>> David,
>>
>> right question, wrong choice of command. The ping command is not support
>> in the instantiation of busybox that is implemented in the N800 OS.
>>
>>  If, at the osso-xterm command prompt,  you input the text "busybox"
>> (without the quotes) it will list the commands that are supported in the
>> N800 version. Ping is NOT one of those commands. You will notice after
>> doing so that there are some fairly obscure commands that are supported
>> so it does mystify me as to why Ping is not one of those.
>>
>> Here is the url to the www page to learn more about busybox itself:
>>
>>     http://busybox.net/
>>
>> Best Regards,
>>
>>
>>
>> John Holmblad
>>     
>
> And for those (like myself) who need ping  and others try this sight.
>
> http://tinyurl.com/2h4vtv
>
> works for me.  But remember that like on your desktop system ping needs to be 
> either run as root or suid root so do chmod u+s /usr/bin/ping and enjoy!
>
> James
>
>   
>>
>> Acadia Secure Networks
>>
>> David Hautbois wrote:
>>     
>>> Hi
>>> Does osso-xterm support command line parameters ?
>>>
>>> Like this :
>>>  > osso-xterm -e "ping www.yahoo.fr"
>>>
>>> I don't find any documentation.
>>> All my tests failed.
>>>
>>> Thanks
>>>
>>> David.
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