[Coco] OS-9 startup file question

[Robert Gault]

Stephen Pereira wrote:
> 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.
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> On the NitrOS-9 boot disk that I am using, the startup file ends with the command: date -t
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> I decided to change the command to: setime < /term
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> so I can automatically remind myself to put in the date and time when the system boots up.
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> 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.
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> 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
>
>
>

The simplest sequence is that used in the distribution disks

setime </1
date -t

Robert