Environment variables in command line on CDTV?
 

I've configured a startup sequence for a CDTV/CD32 project kind of like the following:

cd $mygame
$mygame

($mygame is set from a kind of launcher menu earlier on the startup sequence)

On CD32, it works fine. $mygame is interpreted as the value it's set to. But on CDTV $mygame is interpreted literally.

I wasn't quite sure what needs to be set up on the CDTV for environment variables to be interpreted as such in the startup sequence.

Is the file $mygame an executable or a script?

Is it something to do with it being a script with the "s" protection bit set?

AmigaOS 1.3 doesn't have the "s" protection bit.

In that case :

Execute $mygame

Should work for both

If I remember correctly that "cd" is WB command for kick 1.3. Then You must copy "cd" from c dir from Workbench 1.3 disk.

Can’t you use a direct line like?

sys:$mygame
$mygame

I just saw it reported here that variables don't work on the command line in Kickstart 1.3, I'll try a different approach.

https://eab.abime.net/showthread.php?t=90197

Kick 1.3 does not have environment variables at all, as there is no environment. (ENV: does not exist). However, you can pass parameters into shell scripts that are parsed by the "Execute" command, and in this way you get some flexibility.