WakeOnLan/Java commands on Mac OS 9

Hi there.

I'd like to wake up several PCs via Ethernet from a Macintosh running
Mac OS 9.1 using Wake-On-Lan (WoL) magic packets. Unfortunately, I
haven't been able to find any software which runs on Mac OS 9 (or
Carbon) which will do this. I have found a Java implementation of
Wake-On-Lan on http://www.sourceforge.net which I would like to try,
but it requires to be invoked using a command line. How, in Mac OS 9,
can I execute the equivalent of a command like

java -jar wakeonlan.jar -i 192.168.0.255 00:50:95:10:95:F5

The Apple Applet Runner that comes with Mac OS Runtime for Java will
only directly open HTML files. Thanks for any tips.

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In article <081020031631074788%(E-Mail Removed) >,
ToasterKing <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

> Hi there.
>
> I'd like to wake up several PCs via Ethernet from a Macintosh running
> Mac OS 9.1 using Wake-On-Lan (WoL) magic packets. Unfortunately, I
> haven't been able to find any software which runs on Mac OS 9 (or
> Carbon) which will do this. I have found a Java implementation of
> Wake-On-Lan on http://www.sourceforge.net which I would like to try,
> but it requires to be invoked using a command line. How, in Mac OS 9,
> can I execute the equivalent of a command like
>
> java -jar wakeonlan.jar -i 192.168.0.255 00:50:95:10:95:F5
>
> The Apple Applet Runner that comes with Mac OS Runtime for Java will
> only directly open HTML files. Thanks for any tips.

I can't speak to the Java issue, but the Macintosh Programmer's
Workbench (MPW) contains a shell which can issue commands with line
arguments. For what's worth, it can also compile and run a simple
application to do the WOL job. There's also MacPerl, but I prefer
issuing WOL commands via MPW on my old Q630 running MacOS 7.6.1.

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<tomstiller-(E-Mail Removed)>, Tom
Stiller <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

> I can't speak to the Java issue, but the Macintosh Programmer's
> Workbench (MPW) contains a shell which can issue commands with line
> arguments. For what's worth, it can also compile and run a simple
> application to do the WOL job. There's also MacPerl, but I prefer
> issuing WOL commands via MPW on my old Q630 running MacOS 7.6.1.

Thanks, Tom, for the information. If I manage to locate a copy of MPW,
I'll give it a shot. It's nice to know you're still putting an old
Quadra to good use. They don't make 'em like that anymore! BTW, how
stable is 7.6.1 on the Q630? I had more stability problems on my P575
and Q700 with System 7.5.5 and Mac OS 8.0/8.1 than I should have, but
it was probably that I was using semi-modern software written by
programmers who aren't very concerned about testing on 68K machines
anymore.

Thanks,
TK

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ToasterKing <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

> In article
> <tomstiller-(E-Mail Removed)>, Tom
> Stiller <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>
> > I can't speak to the Java issue, but the Macintosh Programmer's
> > Workbench (MPW) contains a shell which can issue commands with line
> > arguments. For what's worth, it can also compile and run a simple
> > application to do the WOL job. There's also MacPerl, but I prefer
> > issuing WOL commands via MPW on my old Q630 running MacOS 7.6.1.
>
> Thanks, Tom, for the information. If I manage to locate a copy of MPW,
> I'll give it a shot. It's nice to know you're still putting an old
> Quadra to good use. They don't make 'em like that anymore! BTW, how
> stable is 7.6.1 on the Q630? I had more stability problems on my P575
> and Q700 with System 7.5.5 and Mac OS 8.0/8.1 than I should have, but
> it was probably that I was using semi-modern software written by
> programmers who aren't very concerned about testing on 68K machines
> anymore.

You may still be able to get the MPW from the Apple Develpoer's site
<http://developer.apple.com/>. You may have to join the Developer
Group, but there is no cost.

I find 7.6.1 to be more stable than 7.5.x was. I never tried 8.x on
the Q630 because the LaserWriter drivers that shipped with it were
incompatible with some of the software that I used regularly. I do see
some of the same problems with newer software but, since my main
machine is an iMac running Jaguar, it's not an inconvenience.

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ToasterKing wrote:
> I'd like to wake up several PCs via Ethernet from a Macintosh running
> Mac OS 9.1 using Wake-On-Lan (WoL) magic packets. Unfortunately, I
> haven't been able to find any software which runs on Mac OS 9 (or
> Carbon) which will do this. I have found a Java implementation of
> Wake-On-Lan on http://www.sourceforge.net which I would like to try,
> but it requires to be invoked using a command line. How, in Mac OS 9,
> can I execute the equivalent of a command like
>
Does Perl run on this machine? If so, take a look at
http://gsd.di.uminho.pt/jpo/software/wakeonlan/. I use this from
OpenBSD to handle a stable of Macs.

In article <DKkhb.90347$(E-Mail Removed)>, clvrmnky
<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

> ToasterKing wrote:
> > I'd like to wake up several PCs via Ethernet from a Macintosh running
> > Mac OS 9.1 using Wake-On-Lan (WoL) magic packets. Unfortunately, I
> > haven't been able to find any software which runs on Mac OS 9 (or
> > Carbon) which will do this. I have found a Java implementation of
> > Wake-On-Lan on http://www.sourceforge.net which I would like to try,
> > but it requires to be invoked using a command line. How, in Mac OS 9,
> > can I execute the equivalent of a command like
> >
> Does Perl run on this machine? If so, take a look at
> http://gsd.di.uminho.pt/jpo/software/wakeonlan/. I use this from
> OpenBSD to handle a stable of Macs.

Thanks for the information. Perl does not run on this Mac; in fact,
I'd have no idea how to run Perl on Mac OS 9, or really what to do once
I had it running. I've hacked a few Perl scripts once, learning as I
went, but that was all, and long ago.

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<tomstiller-(E-Mail Removed)>, Tom
Stiller <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

> You may still be able to get the MPW from the Apple Develpoer's site
> <http://developer.apple.com/>. You may have to join the Developer
> Group, but there is no cost.

Thanks Tom. I was able to download and install MPW. FYI, all I did
was search ADC for "MPW" and found the installer. Apple does keep
their knowledgebase and support areas so much simpler and easier to
search than M$ does. Now I just need to set aside some time to learn
how to use MRJ from the command shell.

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ToasterKing <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

> Now I just need to set aside some time to learn
> how to use MRJ from the command shell.

You just need to install the (MRJ SDK) MPW tools and just can type java
<commandlineoptions>

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In article <bmout2$p7ure$(E-Mail Removed)>, Thomas
Engelmeier <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

> In article <121020030050384885%(E-Mail Removed) >,
> ToasterKing <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>
> > Now I just need to set aside some time to learn
> > how to use MRJ from the command shell.
>
> You just need to install the (MRJ SDK) MPW tools and just can type java
> <commandlineoptions>

Thanks a lot -- what a simple answer! I'll let you know how it works
out.

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In article <bmout2$p7ure$(E-Mail Removed)>, Thomas
Engelmeier <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

> In article <121020030050384885%(E-Mail Removed) >,
> ToasterKing <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>
> > Now I just need to set aside some time to learn
> > how to use MRJ from the command shell.
>
> You just need to install the (MRJ SDK) MPW tools and just can type java
> <commandlineoptions>

Thanks a lot -- I can execute commands in MPW passed to Java classes
now. The only problem is that whenever I try to run this Java applet
(wakeonlan.jar), MPW Shell unexpectedly quits with a type 2 error
(address error). Without an error, I'm not really sure what's wrong.
Since you have experience using MRJ in MPW, maybe you're familiar with
this problem? I know that Java/MRJ is not really fault-tolerant and as
such the cause could be most anything, but maybe you have some leads?

Thanks,
TK

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