[Coco] OS/9 Command to gain keyboard control from script

Bob Devries devries.bob at gmail.com
Wed Apr 1 21:18:45 EDT 2015


Hi Stephen,

The I/O redirection is in the OS-9 Commands Reference in the SHELL 
section, page 6-90 of the original OS-9 manual.

Regards, Bob Devries
Dalby, QLD, Australia


On 2/04/2015 11:16 AM, Stephen H. Fischer wrote:
> It took my mind some time to come up where to look for the answer, and then a very short time to find it.
>
> ------------------------------
> *save.s 89/11/24
> t
> archive /d1/SOURCES/LISTM -a <>>>/1
> ------------------------------
>
> I use *.s for ShellPlus scripts I write. The "t" command just echoes back to the screen what the script is doing. I add that to all my scripts.
>
> archive is my own program to move files between folders, it was written for moving new / changed  files on a RAM disk to a real floppy which is what this script does.
>
> As to where this is documented, I have not found it yet and it may not be clearly stated there. Again, "<>>>/1" on the end of the line is the magic.
>
> Sorry for the delay, it has been two decades plus since I last used it. I have copies in most "C" source folders.
>
> As I have said before, the second answer is clear for the OS-9 boot disks I created, NitrOS-9, YMMV.
>
> SHF
>
> Sent via a Microsoft whistle using Morse code read from a Hollerith's punched card.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Cocodemus" <retrocanada76 at gmail.com>
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> Sent: Tuesday, March 31, 2015 10:07 PM
> Subject: Re: [Coco] OS/9 Command to gain keyboard control from script
>
>
>> No, its when you call a program from a script, it takes the input from the script itself, i want to get input from keyboard itself something like
>>
>> Minted < /term
>>
>> Also how to create another window and switch to that from the script? I remember a display sequence for that
>>
>> Sent from my iPhone
>>
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