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RE: [ITP] run.exe was Re: Running ssh in background [solution/patch]


Hi Alexander,

Alexander Gottwald wrote on Wednesday, October 26, 2005 1:08 PM:

> On Wed, 26 Oct 2005, Brian Dessent wrote:
> 
>> You might make more traction by suitably patching the 'run' utility
>> so that it also supports pipes.  Then you could use 'run' to launch
>> the standard /bin/ssh without the console window.
> 
> done.
> check http://www.freedesktop.org/~ago/run.exe
> It is based on the version from X-startup-scripts-1.0.10-4
> with the following change to run/run.c
> 
> <   start.dwFlags = STARTF_USESHOWWINDOW;
>>   start.dwFlags = STARTF_USESHOWWINDOW | STARTF_USESTDHANDLES;
>     start.wShowWindow = SW_HIDE;
>>   start.hStdInput = GetStdHandle(STD_INPUT_HANDLE);
>>   start.hStdOutput = GetStdHandle(STD_OUTPUT_HANDLE);
>>   start.hStdError = GetStdHandle(STD_ERROR_HANDLE);
> 
> [ITP] I think I'll split run.exe from the X-startup-scripts package
> and create a new one which i'll continue to maintain.

thank you. Your version works fine with the plain ssh.exe and is much appreciated.

- Jörg

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