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Documentation for EnterEnv
Release 1.01
Copyright (C) 1992 David Scrève
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Document :
Author : David Scrève
Name : Documentation.english
Date : October 28th 1992
Size : 4427 Bytes
Version : 1.1
for any information or anything else, contact me to :
M. Scrève David
Shell Development Support
4, rue Gustave Flaubert
59115 Leers
FRANCE
Phone : 20.75.52.73 in Province.
Introduction
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EnterEnv is the first program of a serie which will grow in the future.
It's a shell command wich required OS 2.04 or higher. First at all, it
looks like an important problem. But EnterEnv works on the environnement
variables and their implementation is not clear in the older Release
of the Operating system.
The complete package containt :
- A compiled version for 680x0 where x>=2 named EnterEnv020 and a
version for all kind of Amiga under OS 2.04 named EnterEnv.
- A DocFile in French named EnterEnv.doc
- A DocFile in English named Documentation.english
- 2 Icons for each DocFile.
- The source code in C named EnterEnv.c
- The Link file for BLink named EnterEnv.lnk
Documentation
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EnterEnv was designed to create easily Environnement variables in
an interactive mode. For experiment CLI users, it works as the Ask command.
For the BASIC programmes, EnterEnv can be considers like the Input Command.
This is useful, because the Commodore commands are not opened : their
work with their own variables, and don't speaks with the user.
For example, you can set up the date in the startup-sequence if your
Amiga doesn't have any Battery clock saved :
EnterEnv Date "Enter the new date : "
The question "Enter the new date : " will appear and The user will have to
enter the date.
The variable Date has been created. Now, I use this variable in the command
setdate :
setdate $Date
As you have understand, the commands syntax is :
EnterEnv <Name of the Env variable> [<message>]
You can see that the last message is optionnal. You can obtain this syntax
if you just type EnterEnv with no argument or if you enter ? or h.
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History :
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Release 1.0, revision 1.0 : 27th October 1992
First operationnal Release, not spreaded, without
documentation.
Release 1.01, revision 1.1 : 28 Octobre 1992
Second Release, first spreaded release :
- The error messages say the truth and aren't so bad than
before.
- EnterEnv can now give its syntax.
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All the trademark said in this text are trademark.
Thanks to :
- Jay Miner for the Amiga
- Bell Laboratorie for the C langage
- SAS Lattice for his C compiler
- All the Commodore-Amiga developers for the OS 2.04
- Jeff for his complains (I need more complain for everybody)
EnterEnv 1.01 is (c) 1992 Scrève David
EnterEnv is freely distributable with the complete package, but for a non
commercial use. All contribution (documentation, complain, suggestion, help
or money!!) are welcomed to help my futurs developements.
EnterEnv can't be distributed in a compressed form without my written
agreement.
It's forbidden to use the source code in another software without
my written agreement.
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Have a FUN with EnterEnv 1.01 and don't forget :
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