[fpc-pascal] Linux Questions

[Wolfe, Robert]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: fpc-pascal-bounces at lists.freepascal.org [mailto:fpc-pascal-
> bounces at lists.freepascal.org] On Behalf Of Rainer Stratmann
> Sent: Tuesday, September 19, 2006 9:12 AM
> To: FPC-Pascal users discussions
> Subject: [fpc-pascal] Linux Questions


> does someone know how to lock the console output in Linux?
> Here is a program that uses Framebuffer (Linux Runlevel 2).
> It works, but it would be good to lock the console bevor writing to the
> framebuffer and then to unlock the console at the end of the program.
> I googled, but can not find a solution.
> Has it to do with ioctl() calls on "/dev/tty" ?
> 
> Second question is how to mount and umount for example "/dev/sda1" in a
> fpc
> program.

In answer to your second question, the simplest way I can think of doing this is to use something similar to the following:

procedure format
{M$ 2000,0, 0}
uses dos;
var forpar : text; {forpar steht for format parameter}
begin
write (´Parameter:´);
readln (forpar);
swapvector
exec (´A:\format.com´ , forpar)
swapvector
end;

The section in question I am really pointing out here is:

swapvector
exec (´A:\format.com´ , forpar)
swapvector

Hope this helps.

Robert Wolfe (robert.wolfe at roswellpark.org / wolfer at trocaire.edu)
Computer Programmer/Analyst & Web Programmer
SRDAR, Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Buffalo, New York
716-845-5788 | http://www.srdar.org


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