From:	genesis AT hermes9 DOT cst DOT cnes DOT fr (Utilisateur genesis)
Subject:	Re: Pipe with TCL/TK
10 Apr 1998 16:17:29 -0700 :
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To:	gnu-win32 AT cygnus DOT com, ian AT cygnus DOT com

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From: genesis AT hermes9 DOT cst DOT cnes DOT fr (Utilisateur genesis)
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Subject: Re: Pipe with TCL/TK
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Thanks for your explanation.

I looked at expect/exp_event.c source code and I found an implement of Tcl_CreateFileHandler for cygwin32. I'm very interested because all my problems comes with this Tcl function that is only implemented on Unix platform.

I try to link my application with libexpect521.a to get Tcl_CreateFileHandler function on Windows platform. No problem with the link, but when I execute my program, it fails on Tcl_CreateFileHandler.

Is it possible to use libexpect521.a Tcl_CreateFileHandler function, mix with Tcl8.0 standard functions libraries ?
When I call expect function with C programs, is it necessary to initialize expect (like TCL/TK with a call to tkMain or TclAppInit for example) ? I don't find this information with the FAQs. 

Thanks for your help.

Jean-Luc CAMES



> From ian AT tweedledumb DOT cygnus DOT com Mon Apr  6 22:54:20 1998
> Date: Mon, 6 Apr 1998 16:57:41 -0400 (EDT)
> From: ian AT cygnus DOT com
> To: genesis AT hermes9 DOT cst DOT cnes DOT fr
> Cc: gnu-win32 AT cygnus DOT com
> Subject: Re: Pipe with TCL/TK
> 
> In gnu-win32 genesis AT hermes9 DOT cst DOT cnes DOT fr (Utilisateur genesis) writes:
> 
> >I use TCK/TK with GNUWIN32-B19. My application use Tcl functions libraries to send Tcl and Tk commands.
> >I use pipe to interprocess communication, and I want to detect when a pipe may be read.
> >For that I created pipe with "pipe" function, and started a function handler "action_pipe" (for execute a callback when pipe may be read).
> 
> >   int fid[2];
> >   Tcl_Channel pipe_channel;
> >#ifdef _WIN32
> >   HANDLE pipe_handle;
> >#else
> >   int pipe_fd;
> >#endif
> 
> 
> >   pipe (fid);
> >#ifdef _WIN32
> >   pipe_fd = get_osfhandle(fid[0]);
> >#else
> >   pipe_fd = fid[0]; 
> >#endif
> >   pipe_channel = Tcl_MakeFileChannel ( pipe_fd TCL_READABLE );
> >   Tcl_CreateChannelHandler ( pipe_channel, TCL_READABLE,          
> >                               action_pipe, (ClientData) fid[0] );
> 
> >I've the same source code for SUN Solaris 2.5 and Windows NT GNUWIN32-B19. I've TCL/TK 8.0 on both platforms. I use -D_WIN32 compilation option on Windows. 
> 
> >I've no problem on SUN platform, the handler "action_pipe" is activate when a pipe may be read.
> >On Windows platform my application block when the TCl/TK event loop is started.
> 
> 
> Windows pipes are really lame.  There is no way to get them to send
> you a message when there is some data to read, so you have to set up a
> separate thread to sit around trying to read from them.  That's the
> point behind all the code I added to tclWinPipe.c.
> 
> The problem with what you are trying to do is that you are treating a
> pipe as a file, by calling Tcl_MakeFileChannel.  That won't work.  On
> Windows, pipes are not files.
> 
> The code I added to tclWinPipe.c will only help if you create a Tcl
> pipe.
> 
> What you should do is look at the expect program, at
> expect/exp_event.c, where I had to get a similar thing to work.  Look
> particularly at make_pipe_channel and friends.  That will show you how
> to make a pipe channel that will work on Windows.  It's pretty hairy.
> 
> Ian
> 
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