stokes%cmc.cdn%ubc.CSNET@CSNET-RELAY.ARPA.UUCP (07/30/86)
I would like to add a line or two to our systartup.com that would ask the user if he wanted a test boot only. If he answered yes, logins would be set to zero and no "system up" announcement would be made. If no answer was typed in, the question would time-out in a given amount of time like 10 seconds for example. Anybody know a quick and dirty way to do this ?? I.E. INQUIRE/TIMEOUT=00:10 ?? Peter Canadian Microelectronics Corporation Queens University Kingston, Ontario stokes@cmc.cdn stokes@qucdncmc.bitnet
DCOTTLER%rca.com@CSNET-RELAY.ARPA.UUCP (07/30/86)
> Anybody know a quick and dirty way to > do this ?? I.E. INQUIRE/TIMEOUT=00:10 ?? Try: $ READ /TIME_OUT=10 /PROMPT="someprompt" opa0: p1 $ P1 = F$EDIT(P1,"TRIM,UPCASE") - Dan Cottler, <dcottler@rca.com> RCA Advanced Technology Labs
WOLF@BBNG (Jerry Wolf) (07/30/86)
Use READ/PROMPT="promptstring"/TIMEOUT=n SYS$COMMAND. This also has the effect (advantage?) of NOT interpreting the typed-in line, such as CAPITALIZING, ignoring anyhting after a "!", and other DCL-isms. Cheers, Jerry Wolf BBN Laboratories
sci@KESTREL.ARPA.UUCP (07/31/86)
A Quick and Dirty that I use is a FORTRAN program that does a
timed QIO.
The Prompt that It issues comes from the DCL via the FOREIGN command line
and the user's response is stored in a symbol before the program exits
If you want the source code, give me a ring.
Mike Liveright, {415} 494-2233
p.s. It's about 70 lines of code + 70 of comments.