[Coco] [Color Computer] [coco] Shell Scripts

[George's Coco Address]

> ----- Original Message ----- 

> From: George

>

>

>> I'm working on a shell script to speed things up a bit with some stuff 

>> I'm

>> doing between my coco and this PC. (OS-9 L2 and shell+ 2.1)

>>

>> The problem  is with "uloadx" from the OS9 LII BBS package.

>>

>> When I use uloadx from a command line on the coco(through the RS232 port,

>> /t2), it works fine. However, when I write a shell script to do the same

>> thing, HyperTerminal and the coco don't seem to talk together properly.

>>

>> HyperTerminal times out and gives up trying to send the file and the coco

>> just sits there waiting for the upload.

>>

>> Here's the shell script..

>>

>> tmode -pause

>> chd /h0/html/www

>> del stockcount.txt

>> del inventory.lzh

>> uloadx stockcount.txt

>> makeinventory

>> lha a -z inventory.lzh inventory/*

>> dloadx inventory.lzh

>> tmode pause

>>

>

>

>

> Okay. Here's what I've found....

>

> This is the revised shell script with -- notes in this email:

>

> tmode -pause                          ---- doesn't work. I'm sure if I 

> used

> Xmode /t2 -pause it would work

> chd /h0/html/www                 ---- does work

> del stockcount.txt                  ---- does work

> del inventory.lzh                    ---- does work

> uloadx stockcount.txt <>>> /t2  ---- does work

> makeinventory                       ---- B09 program does work

> lha a -z inventory.lzh inventory/* <>>> /t2   ---- does work

> dloadx inventory.lzh <>>> /t2      ----does work

> tmode pause                          ---- don't know because the -pause

> didn't work

>

> Now, I thought that OS9 would automatically use the current 

> window/terminal

> as the default for I/O. It seems that sometimes, I have to force it to use

> the terminal I'm in.

> This isn't good, because I'm not always on /T2. I also use /T1 and /T3

> (using a 6551 ACIA chips on each).

>

> Any ideas?

>

> George



 Well, DARN!

 Even xmode /t2 -pause doesn't work...... at first.

 It seems that the first routine "makeinventory"  has an output to the 
screen. I have to press a button to make it move on to the next screen. 
However, the next process that has output to the screen does so without 
pause(makeinventory).

 I'm sure if I just run tmode -pause before I run this, it would be fine, 
but that isn't the idea hare.

Suggestions welcome.


George