[Coco] batch file processing

[Wayne Campbell]

I did an ident of both OS9Boot files. I would think different values for 
defaults would result in different CRCs, and different data. Yet a 
comparison of both idents shows both bootfiles to be identical.

Wayne

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bob Devries" <devries.bob at gmail.com>
To: "CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts" <coco at maltedmedia.com>
Sent: Saturday, February 06, 2010 9:25 PM
Subject: Re: [Coco] batch file processing



> As far as the different colours of the initial shell goes, that would be 

> set in the term device descriptor at offset $33, $34 and $35. The term 

> descriptor is of course, part of the OS9Boot file on that disk.

>

> Regards, Bob Devries

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> From: "Wayne Campbell" <asa.rand at gmail.com>

> To: "CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts" <coco at maltedmedia.com>

> Sent: Sunday, February 07, 2010 3:49 PM

> Subject: [Coco] batch file processing

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>> The easiest way I know to ask this is to just say what I want to do. The 

>> OS-9 L2 manual does not cover anything like this, so I don't know if the 

>> shell allows for it.

>>

>> I want to use the following as input to cmp:

>>

>> ls -rienac diska

>> ls -rienac diskb

>>

>> This causes ls to produce a listing that contains one item per line. I 

>> still have to figure out how to tell the script to skip the directory 

>> entries in the listing, and only process what occurs within the 

>> directory.

>>

>> diska and diskb are copies of the contents of different disks that are 

>> similar (os9L2_1.os9 and OS9SYSMR.os9). The idea is I want to compare 

>> every file that occurs on both disks to see which ones may be different. 

>> Since I can boot both disks, and because both are almost identical, there 

>> has to be a reason why OS9SYSMR.os9 boots to a black screen (fore, back 

>> and border). I think I should be able to find something different between 

>> them, other than the files that exist on one, but not the other.

>>

>> I was hoping I could do something like (not in these words) "using input 

>> from ls/diska and ls/diskb, compare each file that occurs on both disks 

>> and state the results". By redirecting final output to a file, I can then 

>> find any and all differences between the disks. I'm not sure what version 

>> of shell I'm running. The ident of the module being loaded in startup 

>> (shell) is a merged module file. The shell ident itself shows a size of 

>> $1B42 #6978. The shell_21 file in the CMDS shows an ident of $0602 #1538, 

>> so it isn't the same shell.

>>

>> Anyone have ideas?

>>

>> Wayne

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