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- From: bbs.zio@tsoft.sf-bay.org (James Elkinton)
- Subject: Re: Startup problems?
- Message-ID: <HiwwTB1w165w@tsoft.sf-bay.org>
- Sender: bbs@tsoft.sf-bay.org (BBS User)
- Organization: The TSoft BBS and Public Access Unix, +1 415 969 8238
- References: <Bx7KMu.DnG@news.cs.andrews.edu>
- Date: Sun, 8 Nov 1992 08:38:16 GMT
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- adap@edmund.cs.andrews.edu (Edsel Adap) writes:
-
- > In article <1d67g0INNnks@bnsgd245.bnr.co.uk> rickt@tcom.stc.co.uk (Rick Tait)
- > >In article <1992Nov3.085833.16283@gserv1.dl.ac.uk>, g.coulter@daresbury.ac.u
- > >|> I am relatively new to using the Amiga for programming and I have a quest
- > >|> that I hope someone out there can answer for me, so here goes.
- > >|>
- >
- > [stuff deleted about using runback with mackie]
- >
- > >|> My question is this the correct way to do something like this or is there
- > >|> way, I know it works but is it just a hack to get round something simple
- > >|> Thanks Gary.
- > >
- > >How about:
- > > run <NIL: >NIL: mackie
- > >before the EndCLI in your startup-sequence?
- > >
- >
- > Sorry Rick, this isn't going to work as run doesn't detach from the CLI.
- > What Gary wanted was someway of detaching mackie from the CLI so the CLI
- > would close after the endcli command. WHat you described would only run
- > mackie in the background and take input from the nil device and redirect
- > all output to the nil device but doesn't detach from the cli.
- >
- > >--
- > >Rick M. Tait Networking Software Engineer, Bell Northern Research (Europe)
- > >NMBase Internet: rickt@bnr.co.uk | ricktait@bnr.ca | R.Tait@bnr.co.u
- > >OSI TCP/IP By Horse: Dept GM21, Oakleigh Road South, New Southgate, Lond
- > >TLA RTFM ICBM: 43 31N 89 12W (No multiple-warheads please...)
- >
- > Edsel Adap
- > --
- > _____________________________________________________________________________
- > | Behind Every Dark Cloud Is | Edsel Adap
- > | A Silver Lining! | Computer Science / Mathematics Majo
- > | (hopefully!!!) | Andrews University
- > | Now comes the question: Is it still |
- > | possible to get an 'A'? | adap@cs.andrews.edu
- > -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
- Isn't that what RUNBACK is for? Just substitute RUNBACK for RUN. All
- good BBSes and FTP sites should have a runback available. I depend on
- that little command constantly.
-
-
- --
- James Elkinton (bbs.zio@tsoft.sf-bay.org)
-