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

[Gene Heskett]

On Thursday 02 April 2015 12:28:01 Stephen H. Fischer wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Well, starting a program and for it to determine where it is I do in
> my archive program and doing that is just not simple. Perhaps there is
> a more elegant way to do it.
>
> PWD and PXD we do have. But will they help?

The output of those programs can be redirected to a shell var.  That 
would appear to be step one in such a script.

> I need to think a while on this, it takes some time for my mine to
> work on things two (2) decades in the past.

Yes, there is that too. :(

> That was one of the first programs I wrote for OS-9 so I may have
> missed an easier way.
>
> I did program called "Filldisk" and used it to set up all my boot
> disks and others to have the CMDS directory in the same location
> allowing disks to be swapped and programs run without the usually
> needed CHX.
>
> VDIR loads the files / folders in the current folder into the second
> ShellPlus variable set.
>
> I am unsure if it will help.
>
> SHF
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Luis Antoniosi (CoCoDemus)" <retrocanada76 at gmail.com>
> To: "CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts" <coco at maltedmedia.com>
> Sent: Thursday, April 02, 2015 6:44 AM
> Subject: Re: [Coco] OS/9 Command to gain keyboard control from script
>
> >I want to make a disk that will have a RUN script in its root that
> > will run the /dX/cmds/program, no matter if you put the disk in /d0,
> > /d1 or even just copied anywhere in the /dd hard drive.
> >
> > In other words, a script that will get the current path and execute
> > the relative executable in the ./CMDS/ folder. Is that possible ? I
> > don't want to force the user to type CHX /d0/cmds or have to type
> > the drive. I just want this:
> >
> > cd /d0
> > RUN
> >
> > that's it. Is it ppossible ? How do I copy the current path to a
> > variable ?
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Plus
> > Luis Felipe Antoniosi

Cheers, Gene Heskett
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