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AutoScript V1.0
Written 15-MAT-1990 by Tony Preston
This program is SHAREWARE and copyrighted by Custom Services © 1990.
All Rights are reserved. If you wish to re-distribute this program
you may so long as all the copyright notices are kept intact.
Software developers may include this command with their products so
long as they register this program. Installation is make simple if
you create a script that does the required setup prior and simply
copy it into the appropriate directory.
This program will scan a special directory for script files and
execute each file by the priority indicated in the filename.
This command will allow you to place scripts in the directory
indicated and by adding it to the end of your startup sequence
you will never have to edit your startup-sequence again! To install
a program on your system that requires a script executed, just place
the script in the AutoScript directory!.
FORMAT:
AutoScript [ <directory path> ] [ <delay> ]
The directory path is an optional parameter that will be used
as the directory the scripts are located in. If you do not supply
a directory path, the logical AutoScript: will be used as the default
location for your startup scripts. You will not be able to specify
a delay without a directory path.
The delay is the number of ticks you wish to wait before executing
each script. The delay is zero, by default. The scripts are executed
one at a time. Ticks are 20 ms each of a second.
If no directory path is given, the logical AutoScript: will be used
as the location of the scripts. The directory name is limited to 70 chars.
Warning: no check is made for the validity of the commands in the scripts
but the failure of one script will not stop the others from running.
Each script will use the current cli for input and output.
The format of the filenames is: <name>.<priority>
The file extension is the priority. Filenames without a numeric value
for priority will be ignored. Priority may be any unsigned value(long
integer). The higher the number, the higher the priority.
There may be up to 100 scripts in an AutoScript directory. You may have
more than one AutoScript command in your startup-sequence. If more than
100 files are found, only the first 100 will be processed and no warning
will be given.
Examples:
AutoScript sys:AutoScript <-- Use the AutoScript directory with no delay.
AutoScript sys:s 200 <-- Use the S directory with a 4 second delay
between scripts.
You may specify more than one AutoScript command in your startup-sequence.
A typical startup-sequence now becomes(and never has to change) :
SetPatch >NIL: r ;patch system functions
path sys:system s: sys:commands
AutoScript sys:AutoScripts
EndCLI
When you want to make additions to your startup, you just create a file
and put in the directory referenced in the AutoScript command.
The commands you previously had in the startup-sequence now are placed
in the files you put in the AutoScripts directory!
This program is being released in the public domain and may be used,
and redistributed by anyone as long as no charge is made for it greater
than the cost of the media. This program is shareware and if you decide
to use it, please register it. The registration fee is $5.00.
People that register will recieve the latest updated version and a disk
of other programs available from Custom Services.
Send registrations to:
Custom Services
P. O. Box 254
Moorestown, NJ 08057