for attention: Tony Baechler

Thu Jul 23 10:10:15 UTC 2015

Sorry to the rest of the list.
Hi tony,
I am glad to see an email from you on a list.
Try as I might, I cannot get my emails through to your private addresses.
It bounces with a message to the effect that your server has not 
authorized  my email address.
Could you please write to me again after having looked at this as I want 
to discuss you hosting my software.
Kind regards, Willem

On Thu, 23 Jul 2015, Tony Baechler wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I would just like to add here that you can even get the commands to run 
> automatically as soon as you connect, just like autoexec.bat runs 
> automatically at system boot.  That way you could, in theory, ssh or telnet 
> and have everything done automatically without user interaction at all.  I 
> just did something similar for a client.  He wanted to upload video and have 
> it automatically show up on the web for private streaming, but due to the 
> confidential nature of it, the public must not be able to randomly guess the 
> link.  I developed a script which runs a series of bash commands after the 
> video is uploaded.  A random link is generated and displayed on the screen 
> which he can email to the person who should see the video, but the link is 
> unguessable so the public can't randomly stumble upon it.  The script itself 
> is only a few lines and is fairly simple.  I also have a very short script 
> which pushes files from one server with limited disk space and transfer to 
> another, more powerful server for further processing.  All I have to do is 
> type "push" to push the files to the other server.  Finally, if all you need 
> to do is generate sheet music and MIDI output, you might not need a sound 
> card on your Linux box at all.  A Raspberry Pi might be good enough. 
> Scripting in Linux is like DOS on steroids, not to mention being vastly more 
> powerful, it usually runs a lot faster.
>
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> On 7/22/2015 10:35 PM, Willem van der Walt wrote:
>> Hi,
>> You can script in linux, much more powerfull than doos could do.
>> You use bash for that.
>> Although you can get quite complex, you also can write simple bash scripts,
>> amounting to just a list of commands, one on a line if you like.
>> 
>> Yes, you can ssh into a linux box, just install the ssh server.
>> Telnet is almost never used these days, but if you like, you can still do
>> that too.
>> You can make use of more than one sound card if you like.
>> You could just as well use speakup on the machine, eliminating the need for
>> an extra box to use as a terminal, but that is up to you.
>> I think for sheet music there is a program called lillypond.
>> For multi track recording there is nama, but there are likely a lot of 
>> options.
>> Somewhere there is a linux distribution dedicated to music, but I cannot
>> recall the name.
>> Getting things set up the first time can become quite complicated on any
>> operating system when you work with music.  However, once you have it
>> working under Linux, chances are that it will keep on working for much
>> longer  than under other well-known operating systems.
>> 
>> There are blind people doing what you want to do using linux.
>> HTH, Willem
>> 
>> 
>> On Thu, 23 Jul 2015, Karen Lewellen wrote:
>> 
>>> ...but what else is knew? laughs.
>>> How scriptable is Linux?
>>> Before the major players start  on a roll, let me explain using the only
>>> functional way I can with the only operating system I use.
>>> *I do not have a fully functioning Linux box at all.*  I believe we
>>> established this a while back.
>>> However there is a *single*  task I may be willing to dedicate hardware
>>> to, if this can be done.
>>> I have absolutely zero interest in any full fledged   aspect.  if I cannot
>>> do this one thing the os has little appeal for me.  after a good 7 years
>>> or so trying to get  Linux going and not finding anyone local with the
>>> skill I respect others appreciation but I am not having this sort of
>>> experience.
>>> In the DOS operating system one could create .bat files that managed
>>> several tasks with a single file.
>>> the autoexec.bat file is a good example.
>>> You can create them with a text editor, no major complex commands 
>>> required.
>>> If Linux has this ability, and I would be surprised if it did not, here is
>>> the situation.
>>> I am a professional singer.  When I perform I use real musicians, not
>>> their electronic equals which means I require arrangements for them to 
>>> play.
>>> I am writing a grand deal of material these days, and if I am going to get
>>> that material recorded  I must do the following.
>>> 1 get the parts out of my head and into sheet music form, most likely
>>> using a well outfitted keyboard instrument's for part of the job.
>>> 2 confirm via playback that what I have done will sound when played as
>>> desired.
>>> and 3. get the material printed, or into printable form.
>>> 
>>> Now, I know there are allot of  command line programs in Linux
>>> distributions that can  accomplish my goals.
>>> The problem for me is getting the Linux side of the computing functional,
>>> or at the very least, a way for me to ssh telnet into a box using my dos
>>> setup to run the programs themselves.
>>> Yes there is a question here!
>>> assuming I could get the computer hardware with the kind of quality
>>> soundcard to Handel the multiple-track playback, is it possible to do the
>>> following.
>>> 1, is Linux distribution is installed correctly in the first place, ssh
>>> telnet  into that machine from my main one and
>>> 2, using  scripting , assuming this can be done simply, create a set of
>>> .bat file equivalents to run the various  programs I need from the command
>>> line?
>>> 
>>> The other major hardware involved is no hardship.  I have a combination
>>> modem/rooter which works with both wireless and wired devices and multiple
>>> ports for the wired connection.
>>> I share that because I know even if I am not running anything directly
>>> from the Linux computer itself, it does need an Ethernet connection of
>>> some kind generating some kind of ip for me to use for the ssh -telnet.
>>> again the idea is to do well basically what I do here for shellworld, and
>>> with other services.
>>> treat this box like a shell, ssh TELNET into it,  run the scripts  for the
>>> music programs I desire, and leave.  The box will not  even need speech as
>>> I plan to use it.
>>> Possible at all?
>>> Karen
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