Path: utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!clyde!ima!cfisun!ljg From: ljg@cfi.COM (ljg) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc Subject: Re: SUN 386i and DOS window question. Keywords: vt100 login Message-ID: <256@astro.UUCP> Date: 14 Jul 88 21:06:15 GMT References: <4409@sphinx.uchicago.edu> Reply-To: ljg@astro.UUCP (Lowell Gray -CFI-) Organization: Consumer Financial Institute, Waltham, Mass. Lines: 12 In article <4409@sphinx.uchicago.edu> pgil@sphinx.uchicago.edu (paul gilna) writes: >Does anyone with SUN 386i experience know to what extent (if any) >a user logged on using a VT100 can avail of the DOS side of things. >Obviously CGA display is out, but can one display purely textual >output? You can invoke any dos command that does not require a "DOS Window" (ie. just gives text output) by giving the command 'dos -w'. The output goes to stdout and you can use shell redirection or pipes on it. I'm not sure about input, though... - Lowell