Using VERSION command on a script

[Amiga1992]

I know you can use version to check a library's version and act upon it on a script, but I am not being able to do the same with Kickstart.

is there any way I can do this using version? If I type something like "version internal" it shows me both KS and WB and I cannot check on it.

[thomas]

It depends on the version of the Version command.

In WB 1.3 you just give the version number without a library name:

version 36
if not warn
   echo "Kickstart 2.0 or above"
endif

In WB 2.x or higher you have to give the VERSION keyword so that the number is not interpreted as a library name:

version version 40
if not warn
   echo "Kickstart 3.1 or above"
endif

Note that the second word "version" is not a file name but a keyword.

[idrougge]

You can also check $Kickstart and $Workbench.

[thomas]

Not on 1.3.

[Amiga1992]

Thanks guys! I am on 2.0+
I didn't know "version"was the keyword, is what I was trying to find.
I had forgotten about $Kickstart and $Workbench too, Basically I want to add a line on the startup sequence that if a certain kickstart is detected, it softkicks another one. Since I don't want this to be done every time I reset, I needed the check.

Thanks again!

[Matt_H]

I wrote a script for one of my systems that did just that. Unfortunately I'm traveling at the moment and don't have access to it. If you're still having trouble, give this thread a bump in a little over a week and I'll share it.

[Retro1234]

What about this
http://eab.abime.net/showthread.php?p=713984#post713984

[Arnie]

The script that Thomas suggested is good enough for what Akira needs.
You just need to replace the echo command line with the skick command line or keep the echo comand line and add the skick command line.

[Matt_H]

For the record: my softkick script (called from startup-sequence). I used this on my A2000/2630 before I got a real 3.1 ROM.

Version exec.library 40 >NIL:
If WARN
   Wait 1
   SYS:Tools/SKick NAME Devs:Kickstarts/kick40063.A600 QUIET KILLTAGS
EndIF