[Coco] batch file processing

[Bob Devries]

Wayne, could you email me the disk images, so I can try them here on my copy 
of VCC, to determine if I get the same results?

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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 4:56 PM
Subject: Re: [Coco] batch file processing


> Thanks for doing that, Bob. It helps me know that something else must be 
> different, but I don't know what it is. I know that the os9l2_1.os9 image 
> boots perfectly, with green background and border, black text and a 
> magenta cursor. OS9SYSMR.os9 boots, but shows me a black screen. Updating 
> to the newer version of MESS did not change it.
>
> 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 9:31 PM
> Subject: Re: [Coco] batch file processing
>
>
>>I just located the disk image you mentioned.
>>
>> I booted it using FCC. It boots into a VDG type screen. Black border, 
>> green background and black characters, 32 x 16 size.
>>
>> This was the default screen for an unmodified copy of OS-9 Level 2.
>>
>> Why you're getting all black is a mystery to me.
>>
>> Regards, Bob Devries
>>
>>
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>> Besides a mathematical inclination, an exceptionally good mastery of 
>> one's native tongue is the most vital asset of a competent programmer.
>>
>> Edsger W.Dijkstra, 18 June 1975
>>
>> ----- 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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