[Coco] batch file processing

[Wayne Campbell]

I did create 2 files from the ls output. I modified them to remove the 
unique files on diskb and the directory references to CMDS and SYS in both 
files. I also added the pathlist to each entry, so each can be treated as a 
separate input path. Now all I have to do is figure out how to tell cmp to 
run recursively, taking each entry of each file as it's input parameters.

If I just type cmp diskalst diskblst, it only compares the contents of the 2 
files. I need something like cmp <diskalst <diskblst, but it won't accept a 
redirection modifier as part of the parameter list. I'm not sure what to do 
now, but I'm going to keep trying.

I don't have Diff, and haven't found it anywhere, yet.

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 9:08 PM
Subject: Re: [Coco] batch file processing


> Hi Wayne,
>
> Given you can produce two text files, one for each disk, it seems to me 
> that you could use DIFF to show you the differences. Diff is not a usual 
> OS-9 utility, but should be available one one of our FTP sites.
>
> I did a quick search of RTSI, but didn't spot it. If someone knows where 
> it is residing, please speak up.
>
> Regards, Bob Devries
>
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> ----- Original Message ----- 
> 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
>
>
>> 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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