"system" and "unix" commands don't work when I shell to DOS from WordPerfect about comcom64 HOT 10 CLOSED

I'm curious what kind of WP macros you have that use unix and system. Could you provide some info on what they do? Did you consider putting them in a Git repo? :)

My macros use "unix" (not system, but I tested system anyway). A LINCOPY macro copies the selected text in WPDOS to the Linux clipboard. A LINPASTE macro pastes the contents of the Linux clipboard into the current document. They're a complete mess because I simply took my old Windows macros and modified them to fit. I'm now trying to rewrite them to work with dosemu2.

You can find the old versions (which worked with the old dosemu) here:

http://www.columbia.edu/~em36/wpdos/linux.html#pastemacro

But they need to be changed to work in dosemu2. I have the 5.1 LINCOPY working, but the 5.1 LINPASTE has problems. I haven't started on the WPDOS 6.x versions.

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What do you see if you do 'Go to DOS' and enter the command set?

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He see this:

Type 'EXIT' to return to program
C:\WP62>set
USERDRV=C
SHELLDRV=L
DOSEMUDRV=J
FDPP_AUTOEXEC=J:\FDPPAUTO.BAT
FREEDOSDRV=M
COMSPEC=L:\COMMAND.COM
BLASTER=A220 I5 D1 H5 P330 T6
MIDI=SYNTH:2 MAP:E MODE:0
DOSEMU_VERSION=2.0pre8-20200520-1862-ge6e2ff036
PROMPT=Type 'EXIT' to return to program$_$P$G
Type 'EXIT' to return to program

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no PATH?

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No PATH. When I enter the path manually, the commands work correctly.

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I guess WP just removes his own
env segment and puts parent's to PSP.
As the result, no variables that command.com
set, are here.
Oh well, I can also force the propagation
of PATH, in addition to comspec...

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Thank you! My goal to have everything available for WP under Linux that I've set up for DOSBox-X and vDos. (And by the way, the system command is a great help. I had to use my almost zero knowledge of C++ to write an equivalent command that I could patch into DOSBox-X.)

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Should now be fixed.

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Yes, fixed. Thank you!

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I'm curious what kind of WP macros you have that use unix and system. Could you provide some info on what they do? Did you consider putting them in a Git repo? :)

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