runscript not being invoked by minicom?

Adam Lackorzynski adam at os.inf.tu-dresden.de
Thu May 3 21:41:52 UTC 2007


Hi,

On Tue May 01, 2007 at 13:22:41 -0600, Jeffrey Haemer wrote:
> I can't get my mincom to run scripts.
> 
> When I try to run a script (^AG or through "minicom -S scriptname") nothing
> happens.  Careful, detailed investigation [ "ls -ult" :-) ] reveals that the
> script isn't being read
> and runscript isn't even being invoked.
> 
> This is probably just pilot error, but can anyone tell me what I'm doing
> wrong and how to fix it?  I thought about getting the source, building from
> scratch, and debugging it, but it seems like it's easier to ask first.
> 
> Minicom itself works -- it's only scripts that are hosed.
> 
>  OS: Ubuntu Feisty Fawn (7.04)
>  minicom: 2.2-4build1 (installed with apt-get)

Running a script works for me, using CVS head but there's no big
difference between CVS head and 2.2. Does a really simple script like

 print "hello"

work or not? I hope runscript is in your $PATH?! It should, as it's in
/usr/bin.




Adam
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