Possible to run a program from CLI in background?

[VoltureX]

I was wondering if it's possible in startup-sequence to run fx. a module player and then a GFX viewer without exiting the module player first.

So I kind of have it all running at the same time.

Thanks

Volt.

[thomas]

run <nil: >nil: work:players/moduleplayer

[VoltureX]

That worked great, thanks a lot

Volt.

[diablothe2nd]

can this example be used to launch Genesis in the background and auto connect to the network at boot?

[thomas]

It can be used to launch Genesis. Everything else needs to be configured in GenesisPrefs (auto-connect, hide GUI).

[VoltureX]

Is it possible to use the run command without getting a disk requester?

Volt.

[thomas]

Run does not throw a disk requester. It's something you did. Which disk does it request?

[VoltureX]

It requests the disk with the startup-sequence (Boot disk) but I'm loading files from second disk. Without run command it doesn't request the boot disk.

I'm not using libraries or anything beside "system-configuration" but that should be pre-loaded when I load files from disk 2.

Volt.

The startup-sequence where it requests looks like this:

run <NIL: >NIL: ram:iffview disk2:1.iff
ram:wait 20
run <NIL: >NIL: ram:iffview disk2:2.iff

after wait 20 it requests boot disk

iffview do not require other stuff to load.

[thomas]

This script does not contain any "run".

Which OS version is it?

[VoltureX]

I'm booting from a floppy on kickstart v3.1

[VoltureX]

copy c:wait ram:
copy iffview ram:
copy justplay ram:
copy poltergeisttheme.mod ram:

ram:IffView insertdisk2.iff

run <NIL: >NIL: ram:justplay ramoltergeisttheme.mod
run <NIL: >NIL: ram:iffview Poltergeist2-2:intro.iff
ram:wait 20
run <NIL: >NIL: ram:iffview Poltergeist2-2:1.iff
ram:wait 20
run <NIL: >NIL: ram:iffview Poltergeist2-2:2.iff
ram:wait 20
run <NIL: >NIL: ram:iffview Poltergeist2-2:3.iff
ram:wait 20
run <NIL: >NIL: ram:iffview Poltergeist2-2:4.iff
ram:wait 20
run <NIL: >NIL: ram:iffview Poltergeist2-2:5.iff
ram:wait 20
run <NIL: >NIL: ram:iffview Poltergeist2-2:6.iff
ram:wait 20
run <NIL: >NIL: ram:iffview Poltergeist2-2:7.iff
ram:wait 20
run <NIL: >NIL: ram:iffview Poltergeist2-2:8.iff
ram:wait 20
run <NIL: >NIL: ram:iffview Poltergeist2-2:9.iff
ram:wait 20
run <NIL: >NIL: ram:iffview Poltergeist2-2:10.iff
ram:wait 20
run <NIL: >NIL: ram:iffview Poltergeist2-2:11.iff
ram:wait 20
run <NIL: >NIL: ram:iffview Poltergeist2-2:12.iff
ram:wait 20
run <NIL: >NIL: ram:iffview Poltergeist2-2:13.iff
ram:wait 20
run <NIL: >NIL: ram:iffview Poltergeist2-2:14.iff
ram:wait 20
run <NIL: >NIL: ram:iffview Poltergeist2-2:15.iff
ram:wait 20
run <NIL: >NIL: ram:iffview Poltergeist2-2:16.iff
ram:wait 20
run <NIL: >NIL: ram:iffview Poltergeist2-2:17.iff
ram:wait 20
run <NIL: >NIL: ram:iffview Poltergeist2-2:1.iff
ram:wait 20
run <NIL: >NIL: ram:iffview Poltergeist2-2:2.iff
ram:wait 20
run <NIL: >NIL: ram:iffview Poltergeist2-2:3.iff
ram:wait 20
run <NIL: >NIL: ram:iffview Poltergeist2-2:4.iff
ram:wait 20
run <NIL: >NIL: ram:iffview Poltergeist2-2:5.iff
ram:wait 20
run <NIL: >NIL: ram:iffview Poltergeist2-2:6.iff
ram:wait 20
run <NIL: >NIL: ram:iffview Poltergeist2-2:7.iff
ram:wait 20
run <NIL: >NIL: ram:iffview Poltergeist2-2:8.iff
ram:wait 20
run <NIL: >NIL: ram:iffview Poltergeist2-2:9.iff
ram:wait 20
run <NIL: >NIL: ram:iffview Poltergeist2-2:10.iff
ram:wait 20
run <NIL: >NIL: ram:iffview Poltergeist2-2:11.iff
ram:wait 20
run <NIL: >NIL: ram:iffview Poltergeist2-2:12.iff
ram:wait 20
run <NIL: >NIL: ram:iffview Poltergeist2-2:13.iff
ram:wait 20
run <NIL: >NIL: ram:iffview Poltergeist2-2:14.iff
ram:wait 20
run <NIL: >NIL: ram:iffview Poltergeist2-2:15.iff
ram:wait 20
run <NIL: >NIL: ram:iffview Poltergeist2-2:16.iff
ram:wait 20
run <NIL: >NIL: ram:iffview Poltergeist2-2:17.iff
ram:wait 20
ram:iffview Poltergeist2-2:end.iff


After "ram:wait 20" where it will load "1.iff" it requests disk1

[vidarh]

Run is a program in C:. When you change the disk it won't be available. Copy C:Run Ram: and change the "run" lines to ram:run or change the directory.

[VoltureX]

It still doens't work. Somehow the iffview needs something on disk 1 I guess.

[vidarh]

Originally Posted by VoltureX

It still doens't work. Somehow the iffview needs something on disk 1 I guess.

It might need a library from Libs:. Try copying the contents of Libs: to RAM: and change the assign.

[VoltureX]

I do not have anything in Libs:

[thomas]

I tried it and you are right. It does this, no matter what I tried. Even if I reassign all existing assigns to RAM: it asks for the boot disk.

What I didn't yet try is this:

rename your current startup-sequence as slideshow-startup and put this in to startup-sequence:

cd ram:
newshell from s:slideshow-startup
endcli

[cosmicfrog]

wow this is strange
so it shows the Poltergeist2-2:intro.iff pic ok first but dos`t display Poltergeist2-2:1.iff

I will suggest you make wait resident save loading it every time u use it
so instead of "copy c:wait ram:" try "Resident >NIL: C:wait PURE"
then you can change the "ram:wait 20" to just "wait 20"

hope thomas suggestion works out for ya

[VoltureX]

Thanks for all the help information you came up with. I went back to my old method of setting up the slideshow. I crunched all that I could and still had enough space for everything

A 2 disk noise and GFX is soon running

regards

Volt.