[Coco] OS-9 startup file question

[Bob Devries]

try this:

setime <.1

BTW, those symbols (< and > and >>) are not pipes, just input and output 
redirection. The pipe symbol is !

Regards, Bob Devries
Dalby, QLD, Australia


On 12/01/2015 10:15 AM, Stephen Pereira wrote:
> Well, thanks very much to you all who have attempted to help me out.
>
> As it turns out, I have now edited in the command:
>
> setime </term >/term >>/term
>
> I see this is the I/O Path for the few system processes that show up when I issue the procs command.
>
> However, even though this seems to be the right form for the command and the pipes, my startup file still does not prompt me for the input to the setime command when I reset or cold boot.
>
> Very mysterious, but I guess that it must be associated with the warnings you have given me that “not everything will work.”
>
> Oh, well, I guess I’m just lucky that I stumbled onto this as the very first thing that I attempted to try on my own.  I’m really glad that I have this list of fine folks to turn to!
>
> smp
> --
> Stephen M. Pereira
> Bedford, NH  03110
> KB1SXE
>
>
>> On Jan 11, 2015, at 6:27 PM, Stephen H. Fischer <SFischer1 at Mindspring.com> wrote:
>>
>> Hi,
>>
>> The ShellPlus documentation is attached here:
>>
>> http://www.tandycoco.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=462#p462
>>
>> Posted: May 18th, 2011, 11:10 pm if the link does not take you to the corect post.
>>
>> I do not see post numbers on that forum.
>>
>> Be aware that not everything will work.
>>
>> SHF
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Stephen Pereira" <spereira1952 at comcast.net>
>> To: "CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts" <coco at maltedmedia.com>
>> Sent: Sunday, January 11, 2015 2:52 PM
>> Subject: Re: [Coco] OS-9 startup file question
>>
>>
>>> Thanks very much for your response!
>>>
>>> Of course, I don’t understand this at all…  I thought I understood the pipe command that I typed, but this form is completely foreign to me.  Where do I go to learn how to do pipes in NitrOS-9?
>>>
>>> Thanks again!
>>>
>>> smp
>>> --
>>> Stephen M. Pereira
>>> Bedford, NH  03110
>>> KB1SXE
>>>
>>>
>>>> On Jan 11, 2015, at 5:48 PM, K. Pruitt <pruittk at roadrunner.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> setime <>>>/term
>>>>
>>>> is the format you want.
>>>>
>>>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Stephen Pereira" <spereira1952 at comcast.net>
>>>> To: "CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts" <coco at maltedmedia.com>
>>>> Sent: Sunday, January 11, 2015 2:39 PM
>>>> Subject: [Coco] OS-9 startup file question
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> So, here I am, making my way through The Rainbow Guide to OS-9, and I decided to play a bit with my startup file.
>>>>>
>>>>> On the NitrOS-9 boot disk that I am using, the startup file ends with the command: date -t
>>>>>
>>>>> I decided to change the command to: setime < /term
>>>>>
>>>>> so I can automatically remind myself to put in the date and time when the system boots up.
>>>>>
>>>>> My “problem” is that this does not seem to work.  When I do a cold boot, or when I do a reset, the startup file goes through everything it used to, but then it does not prompt me to make the date and time entry.
>>>>>
>>>>> This is my very first foray into NitrOS-9, so, please be gentle!
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks in advance!
>>>>>
>>>>> smp
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>>>>> Stephen M. Pereira
>>>>> Bedford, NH  03110
>>>>> KB1SXE
>>>>>
>>>>>
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