[Coco] OS-9 startup file question

[Allen Huffman]

Stephen,

> goes to standard out

Echo hello >/term

< reads from std in

>> is Stderr

Your time was probably working but the output didn't go where you could see it printing. You could do this to break it apart

Setime </term >/term >>/term

You could run a program and make error output go to a log file, or another window. Great stuff.

Sentime <>/term >>/d0/errors.txt

But you would want to do more than that... You added a + to append to a file or - to overwrite.

Echo this goes to a file >file.txt

Second time you run it errors with file already exists.

Echo this appends to a file >+file.txt

Echo this always erases the file and starts over >-file.txt

At least I think I remember it that way.

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> On Jan 11, 2015, at 4:52 PM, Stephen Pereira <spereira1952 at comcast.net> wrote:
> 
> 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
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> 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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>>> Bedford, NH  03110
>>> KB1SXE
>>> 
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