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Conference hydra::amiga_v1

Title:	AMIGA NOTES
Notice:	Join us in the NEW conference - HYDRA::AMIGA_V2
Moderator:	HYDRA::MOORE

Created:	Sat Apr 26 1986
Last Modified:	Wed Feb 05 1992
Last Successful Update:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:	5378
Total number of notes:	38326

111.0. "DATE ?" by 25813::MACDONALD (CUP/ML) Fri Sep 19 1986 14:20

    When using the "DATE ?" command in s/Startup-Sequence,
    is there a way to supress the prompt that comes up?
    Its something like TIME,DATE,VER/ etc.
    
    I would like to supress it and use something like
    echo "Please enter the time and date:"
    
    Any ideas?
    
    Paul

T.R	Title	User	Personal Name	Date	Lines
111.1	I Used to Know How to Do That!	ERLANG::FEHSKENS		`Mon Sep 22 1986 14:25`	9
	Yes, you redirect the command output with something like ">nil". I forget the precise details, but it's written up somewhere in the documentation. Take a look at the existing s/Startup-Sequence, where it finally invokes the workbench, for an example. My own Startup-Sequence does exactly what you describe, but I set it up many months ago and haven't looked at it since. len.
111.2	Yep	AUTHOR::MACDONALD	CUP/ML	`Mon Sep 22 1986 14:29`	4
	I figured it out. I put a >nil: (or something like that) and it supressed the prompt. Pretty neat. Paul
111.3	ANOTHER METHOD	KAOM03::GOSLING		`Mon Sep 22 1986 15:34`	10
	I am using a version of a startup-sequence I copied from one of the magazines (not sure which one). It asks for the date by way of "date >nil ?", without displaying the date/time/ver/etc/etc prompt. I will endeavour to post it here tonite so that you have the exact syntax. Art Gosling - Kanata
111.4	EXAMPLE STARTUP-SEQUENCE	KAOM03::GOSLING		`Tue Sep 23 1986 14:46`	39
	As promised (although late - sorry!) is the startup-sequence that I use. The Echo commands, and the text contained in them, are "fluff" that you need not include. I find it handy in ensuring that I booted the proper disk! {I'll be glad to get a hard disk} With respect to the "S:now" file, you will have to create this in the s: directory. It will contain the date that you last entered, and upon each startup, displays it for you as the default, so to speak. A <cr> will accept it as is, or you can enter the date and/or time as you see fit. I find this great particularly if you have used the system in the recent past. As an example, if you used the system last night, and are turning it on tonite, the "date < s:now" command will print out "Monday 22-Sept-1986 20:20:20", you can accept this with a <cr>, or enter in the date and time in the proper format, or simply enter Tuesday 20:10 as your response. This date/time then gets copied into s:now (the `date > s:now' command) for pulling in the next time you startup. Saves a bit of typing and eliminates wondering if you adhered to the proper format. Obviously, this drops you into CLI, so if you want to go to the Workbench screen, you will need to add a couple of lines. Echo "" Echo " AMIGA BASIC DISK" Echo "" Echo " Releases 1.0" Echo "" Echo "" Date < S:now Echo "" Echo " Please enter current time and date." Echo "" Date > Nil: ? Date > S:now Echo "" Art
111.5	I like mice best	TSE::FONSECA	Caught peeking under the rug of life...	`Wed Sep 24 1986 12:22`	9
	I was over at a friend's house, and he was showing off his roomate's amiga. The roomate had some sort of little date program in his startup which put up a requestor for the date which had little 'sliders' (pots) to adjust all the fields in the date/time. The roommate was not home, and I didn't have a disk with me to copy it. I'll try to find out the name of the program, and where he got it from (I'm sure that it is public domain.)