[Coco] OS-9 startup file question

[Bob Devries]

OOPS, that should be
setime </1

The 1 refers to STDIN(Standard Input). Term may not be the current input
That is what I have, and it does work.

Regards, Bob Devries
Dalby, QLD, Australia


On 12/01/2015 10:22 AM, Bob Devries wrote:
> 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
>>>>>> --
>>>>>> Stephen M. Pereira
>>>>>> Bedford, NH  03110
>>>>>> KB1SXE
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
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