Script help

[-Acid-]

I'm trying to make a startup system which checks the value of something before deciding which script to execute next.

How can I write and store a string somewhere on disk from within a script and then read the string from the file to determine which choice has been stored.

I know I can use something as simple as

c:echo choice1 >s:choice.txt

to store it but then how would I go about reading the string in the file so my script knows what it is and then perform the appropriate action that I have set out?

I spent last night looking through the script tools on Aminet but nothing seemed to be what I was looking for. Can someone point me in the right direction please?

[daxb]

Have a look into AmigaDOS manual. If you need it at runtime (local) you can use the commands SET and GET. If not (i.e. global) you can use SETENV and GETENV.

; example works only local:
set mychoice 1
IF $mychoice EQ 1
    echo "1"
ELSE
    echo "not 1"
ENDIF

There also exists the commands RequestChoice and RequestString if you need/want a requester.

[-Acid-]

Originally Posted by daxb

Have a look into AmigaDOS manual. If you need it at runtime (local) you can use the commands SET and GET. If not (i.e. global) you can use SETENV and GETENV.

; example works only local:
set mychoice 1
IF $mychoice EQ 1
    echo "1"
ELSE
    echo "not 1"
ENDIF

There also exists the commands RequestChoice and RequestString if you need/want a requester.

I need it stored in a file permanently so it can be checked every boot... temporary variables will not work.

[jPV]

Remove the "set mychoice 1" line from the previous script and then do:
Echo "1" > ENVARC:mychoice
This works if you're not going to use the script before ENV: has been set.

If you want to change the value in runtime before reboot, then do the same to ENV: too.

[daxb]

If you using OS3.1 then what jPV wrote. If you use OS3.9 then you can use SETENV/GETENV with its SAVE argument to save the variable in ENVARC:. Of course needs to be there what might not the case at boot time.

[nogginthenog]

Another possible solution is to use the SEARCH cli command. IIRC it sets the return code depending if the match was found.

[-Acid-]

I've managed to achieve what I was looking for with a combination of the advice given earlier in the thread

I store my string in a text file on disk called boot which I can change using the echo command from a menu. Then on start up assign env: to ram and then copy my file to it before anything else. Then use

If $boot EQ example1
delete env:boot
assign env: remove
execute something
SKIP end
Else
SKIP item2
EndIF

LAB item2

If $boot EQ example2
delete env:boot
assign env: remove
execute something
SKIP end
Else
SKIP item3
EndIF

LAB end
QUIT

You get the idea.... thanks to those who gave suggestions.