Subj : JavaScript CLI shell - hooks and handles?
To   : comp.lang.javascript,netscape.public.mozilla.jseng
From : Gordan <gordan@_NOSPAM_bobich.net>
Date : Sat Feb 01 2003 02:03 pm

Hi!

What non-standard JS extensions are available on the CLI JS shell? I have 
found that there is a way to read command line parameters, but are there 
functions to provide stdin/stdout/stderr? Are there file I/O functions? Are 
there built in network/web access functions of the lines of 
XMLHttpRequest() that would allow downloading of external files?

I am aware of PerlConnect interfaces that I could use to write the relevant 
functions in Perl, but that seems silly, as I might as well write 
everything in Perl then, without bothering with JavaScript at all.

Thanks.

Gordan

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