[Coco] OS-9 startup file question

[Stephen Pereira]

OK!  Thanks a million for the explanation!

This gives me some stuff to play around with.

Thanks again!

smp
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Stephen M. Pereira
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> On Jan 11, 2015, at 6:03 PM, Allen Huffman <alsplace at pobox.com> wrote:
> 
> 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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