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  • src/sbbs3/xtrn.cpp

    From Rob Swindell@VERT to Git commit to main/sbbs/master on Mon Nov 30 17:09:27 2020
    https://gitlab.synchro.net/main/sbbs/-/commit/5a1ab6a7e8040e06aecf3868
    Modified Files:
    src/sbbs3/xtrn.cpp
    Log Message:
    A second pass at: Better native vs. DOS cmd-line detection in cmdstr()

    cmdstr() is often called for non-executable command-lines (e.g. for @include: file name/path arguments), so don't default to native unless a mode value was specified. Hopefully addresses issue reported by bobrob without breaking anything else (again).

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  • From Rob Swindell@VERT to Git commit to main/sbbs/master on Wed Dec 2 01:15:22 2020
    https://gitlab.synchro.net/main/sbbs/-/commit/87926cdac705ac979c403a5d
    Modified Files:
    src/sbbs3/xtrn.cpp
    Log Message:
    Fix new GCC warning about unused variable.

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  • From Rob Swindell (on Debian Linux)@VERT to Git commit to main/sbbs/master on Sat Mar 1 15:05:35 2025
    https://gitlab.synchro.net/main/sbbs/-/commit/76fa22e427a7b9978084bf94
    Modified Files:
    src/sbbs3/xtrn.cpp
    Log Message:
    Remove lprintf() call from child process of fork() call on *nix

    the info-level debug message "Detaching external process"... as this appears
    to be the cause of background events hanging sometimes, on Linux (at least).

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  • From Rob Swindell (on ChromeOS)@VERT to Git commit to main/sbbs/master on Sun Mar 23 18:11:54 2025
    https://gitlab.synchro.net/main/sbbs/-/commit/fd2a8b605803259ceb974d49
    Modified Files:
    src/sbbs3/xtrn.cpp
    Log Message:
    Add node interrupt flag checking to *nix external() execution of stdio progs

    and abort the execution of the program when the node is interrupted. This should allow more cases were the node interrupt flag can be used to gracefully disconnect a user running a DOS or native (stdio) program on *nix.

    We have this functionality already in the Windows version of external()

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  • From Deucе@VERT to Git commit to main/sbbs/master on Mon Oct 20 20:05:53 2025
    https://gitlab.synchro.net/main/sbbs/-/commit/35d530c3a4eccd6b2ed1964b
    Modified Files:
    src/sbbs3/xtrn.cpp
    Log Message:
    Disable pause when running an external program.

    Not sure if this is from the terminal overhaul or from the unicode
    support, but passthru_thread calls rputs() which calls cp437_out()
    which calls outchar() which calls check_pause().

    Also, put an EINTR wrapper around waidpid()... that wasn't the
    problem I was seeing, but it's a theoretically possible one.

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  • From Deucе@VERT to Git commit to main/sbbs/master on Mon Oct 20 20:24:10 2025
    https://gitlab.synchro.net/main/sbbs/-/commit/47e263f1e72073e9488db9f8
    Modified Files:
    src/sbbs3/xtrn.cpp
    Log Message:
    Remove unneeded debug logging.

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  • From Deucе@VERT to Git commit to main/sbbs/master on Tue Oct 21 01:09:42 2025
    https://gitlab.synchro.net/main/sbbs/-/commit/00d24f1bfc0f8e2f5453579f
    Modified Files:
    src/sbbs3/xtrn.cpp
    Log Message:
    Revert "Disable pause when running an external program."

    This reverts commit 35d530c3a4eccd6b2ed1964bf21cbcf9237da721.

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  • From Deucе@VERT to Git commit to main/sbbs/master on Sun Oct 26 14:19:30 2025
    https://gitlab.synchro.net/main/sbbs/-/commit/3f97c2713305442a55035063
    Modified Files:
    src/sbbs3/xtrn.cpp
    Log Message:
    Fix error in 35d530c3a4e

    Instead of looping while waitpid() returned an error due to a signal,
    it was looping *until* waitpid() returned an error due to a signal.

    This could cause an infinite loop on *nix systems after an external
    exited if waitpid() was returning an error for some other reason.

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  • From Rob Swindell (on Windows 11)@VERT to Git commit to main/sbbs/master on Wed Dec 31 01:59:39 2025
    https://gitlab.synchro.net/main/sbbs/-/commit/26904b5dc456d76dc1b0ec29
    Modified Files:
    src/sbbs3/xtrn.cpp
    Log Message:
    Only attempt to unlock the input_thread_mutex if we previously locked it

    This *might* fix issue #1038

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  • From Rob Swindell (on Windows 11)@VERT to Git commit to main/sbbs/master on Sun Jan 11 19:36:10 2026
    https://gitlab.synchro.net/main/sbbs/-/commit/5d43eed990eda19d808d8c92
    Modified Files:
    src/sbbs3/xtrn.cpp
    Log Message:
    Don't use dosemu paths in command-lines when dosemu support is disabled

    This just adds to confusion when debugging weird errors, like this:

    pack_qwk.cpp line 753 (pack_qwk) executing "H:\zip -jD /sbbs/data/file/0230.qwk

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