[Coco] Re: Re: Nitros9 Script question

[mmarlett at isd.net]

Charlie,

:dir -e *.adv doesn't work???????

Add the : in front of the dir command.

????

Mark


>> There are always problems with commands runithin scripts since they
>> frequently evaporate when the script ends. That is why I chose to run
>> the game from within the script instead of expecting it to continue
>> running after the script was finished.
>>
>> The above requires telling the game where I/O is located. I use several
>> windows and can't predict the window from which the script might be run.
>> /1 is the standard output path, thus the path used by the script. All
>> communication to/from the game is redirected to the script path thus the
>> <>>>; < = input, > = output, >> = error output.
>>
>> There is always more than one way to make things work with computers.
>> You may get "ex rogue %1" if you redirect I/O correctly. Also, rogue is
>> a slow starter taking 5-10 seconds to start after loading.
>>
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>Thank you. Using <>>>/1 worked perfectly.
>Now I wish OS9 had a dir command similar to dos where you can do a dir
*.adv
>to list only files with the adv extension. :-)
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>Charlie
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