Subj : Re: GoldMine - Connecting from Synchronet BBS
To   : Gamgee
From : Digital Man
Date : Wed Oct 30 2024 11:01:35

  Re: Re: GoldMine - Connecting from Synchronet BBS
  By: Gamgee to Digital Man on Wed Oct 30 2024 10:46 am

 > -=> Digital Man wrote to Gamgee <=-
 >
 >  > If I define either of those methods as the command line for my external
 >  > event/door, it works as expected, and produces this output on the
 >  > Goldmine site as the current user:  [PAL]Gamgee
 >
 >  > If I run either of those command lines while sitting at a prompt on my
 >  > BBS, using the ;EXEC command and then typing the command line, I get
 >  > this output on the site:  [PAL]%A
 >
 >  DM> That's expected. I just committed a trivial change to str_cmds.js so
 >  DM> that it *will* now expand command-line specifiers that you pass on the
 >  DM> command-line using the ;exec sysop command, so that should work if you
 >  DM> update.
 >
 > OK, cool, thank you.
 >
 >  > So for some reason the alias variable is not being evaluated when run
 >  > "manually".
 >
 >  > Is the case of the %a or %A significant?  Both show as "%A" on the
 >  > output if that means anything.
 >
 >  DM> It sounds like you're using a command shell that is converting the
 >  DM> input to all-caps. Here's how it works for me using default.js and the
 >  DM> updated str_cmds.js (and demonstrates the difference between %a and
 >  DM> %A):
 >
 >  DM> = Main = 0:07:22 [4] fsxNet [11] FSX BBS: ;exec
 >  DM> Command-line: ?showargs %a
 >  DM> argc = 1
 >  DM> argv[0] = 'Digital Man'
 >
 >  DM> = Main = 0:07:56 [4] fsxNet [11] FSX BBS: ;exec
 >  DM> Command-line: ?showargs %A
 >  DM> argc = 2
 >  DM> argv[0] = 'Digital'
 >  DM> argv[1] = 'Man'
 >
 >  DM> showargs.js is just this (for test/demo purposes):
 >  DM>         print("argc = " + argc);
 >  DM>         for(i=0;i<argv.length;i++)
 >  DM>                 printf("argv[%d] = '%s'\r\n",i,argv[i].toString());
 >
 > Ahhh, OK, thank you again.  For a single-word alias I'll just use the
 > lowercase one then.

I gave you 2 solutions, one using %A and one using %a:

        ?rlogin somehost "-s[TAG]%A"
and
        ?rlogin somehost -s [TAG] -s %a

Hopefully you'd use the same solution (pick one, either should work) for all aliases, regardless of how many words are in the alias.

 > As for my command shell, it is a modified form of default.bin (src).
 > The only changes though are that some commands have been disabled, and
 > some modified to use the DDMsgReader/DDAreaChooser mods.  No changes
 > made to anything related to case/caps.

Old versions of default.src converted string input (after the ;) to uppercase. That was changed (to leave original case) 4 years ago:
https://gitlab.synchro.net/main/sbbs/-/commit/d62930c3107a9cc15a5aa83e4a6a

Your modified copy of default.src must be at least 4 years old in that case.

If you just type ";EXEC" and hit enter, it should prompt you for the command to execute and allow lowercase input.

 > The display on the remote
 > website that always showed the capitalized "A" might have been something
 > on that end, I would guess.

We're talking about terminal, not website, but no, it has to do with your command shell.

 > Anyhow, things are all good now with the
 > command line for opening that game server door.  Appreciate it.

Cool. And in the future, you'll find quicker, more accurate answers to Synchronet support questions in the official support channels.
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