Subject: Re: WP8 for Linux?
To: Peter Seebach <seebs@plethora.net>
From: None <rmcm@compsoft.com.au>
List: current-users
Date: 02/16/2000 14:37:52
works well - example wrapper below.
Peter Seebach writes:
> Anyone gotten this running? It looks like it installs a whole bunch of
> files, and I'm not sure which, if any, is the "real" executable, or how I'd
> coerce them into finding their various parts. Mostly installs stuff in
> /usr/lib/wp8, it appears.
>
> -s
--
Rex McMaster rex@mcmaster.wattle.id.au
http://www.compsoft.com.au/~rmcm/pgp-pk
#!/bin/sh
#
# wrapper to start WordPerfect 8
#
WPHOME=/emul/linux/opt/wp8
EXEDIR=${WPHOME}/wpbin
WPBINEXE=$EXEDIR
EXEDIR=${WPHOME}/wplib
export WPBINEXE EXEDIR
# kill off old processes - single user version
PROCS="`ps ax | egrep \"${WPHOME}/wpbin/xwp|${WPHOME}/shbin10/wpexc\" | grep -v egrep | awk '{print $1}'`"
if test -n "$PROCS"; then \
kill $PROCS; \
fi
$WPBINEXE/xwp $*
# kill off old processes - single user version
sleep 2
PROCS="`ps ax | egrep \"${WPHOME}/wpbin/xwp|${WPHOME}/shbin10/wpexc\" | grep -v egrep | awk '{print $1}'`"
if test -n "$PROCS"; then \
kill $PROCS; \
fi