aru@mentor.cc.purdue.edu (Sriram Ramkrishna) (01/25/91)
I don't know if this has been addressed before or if such a feature actually exist (I don't own an Amiga so I haven't played around with CLI), but can you have background tasks?? In Unix you could do a rm * & and then go on to do something else. Can you do something similiar in the CLI? If you can, can it be done (it should I think), if not why not? Sri
phoenix@ms.uky.edu (R'ykandar Korra'ti) (01/25/91)
In article <4487@mentor.cc.purdue.edu> aru@mentor.cc.purdue.edu (Sriram Ramkrishna) writes: >...can you have background tasks [on the Amiga]?? Yes. >In Unix you could do a rm * & and then go on to do something else. Can you do >something similiar in the CLI? run delete #? ...is the Amiga equivalant. RUN means "launch another CLI to execute the following command." There's also rm for the Amiga, I think. I've got ls, didn't bother with rm - just put in an alias so that "rm" invokes "delete." - R'ykandar. -- R'ykandar Korra'ti | Editor, LOW ORBIT Science and Fiction "I hate you, you timepiece from Hades." - Plucky Duck phoenix@ms.uky.edu | editor@lorbit.UUCP | ukma!lorbit!editor
Walt@orbit.Amiga.OCUnix.On.Ca (Walt Sullivan) (01/28/91)
>In article <4487@mentor.cc.purdue.edu> aru@mentor.cc.purdue.edu (Sriram Ramkrishna) writes: >I don't know if this has been addressed before or if such a feature actually >exist (I don't own an Amiga so I haven't played around with CLI), but can you >have background tasks?? Yes. > >In Unix you could do a rm * & and then go on to do something else. Can you do >something similiar in the CLI? If you can, can it be done (it should I think), >if not why not? arun delete * quiet works for me (I'm using ARP delete), standard AmigaDOS delete probably wants run delete #? quiet -- Walt Sullivan walt@orbit.Amiga.OCUnix.On.Ca Fido 1:163/109.4 None of what I say is what my employer says, ever! Am I still confused if I'm not, but only THINK I'm confused?
peter@sugar.hackercorp.com (Peter da Silva) (01/28/91)
In article <4487@mentor.cc.purdue.edu> aru@mentor.cc.purdue.edu (Sriram Ramkrishna) writes: > In Unix you could do a rm * & and then go on to do something else. Can you do > something similiar in the CLI? If you can, can it be done (it should I think), > if not why not? Try "run delete #? quiet". (Hey, there's an idea for a new group... comp.sys.amiga.shell or .cli... it's proven a useful group over on comp.unix.*, and there are probably as many shells for the Amiga as there are for UNIX...) -- Peter da Silva. `-_-' <peter@sugar.hackercorp.com>.
rjc@geech.ai.mit.edu (Ray Cromwell) (01/28/91)
In article <Walt.2640@orbit.Amiga.OCUnix.On.Ca> Walt@orbit.Amiga.OCUnix.On.Ca (Walt Sullivan) writes: >>In article <4487@mentor.cc.purdue.edu> aru@mentor.cc.purdue.edu (Sriram Ramkrishna) writes: >>I don't know if this has been addressed before or if such a feature actually >>exist (I don't own an Amiga so I haven't played around with CLI), but can you >>have background tasks?? > >Yes. > >> >>In Unix you could do a rm * & and then go on to do something else. Can you do >>something similiar in the CLI? If you can, can it be done (it should I think), >>if not why not? > >arun delete * quiet > >works for me (I'm using ARP delete), standard AmigaDOS delete probably wants > >run delete #? quiet Better yet, instead of using Cli, get a shell and use aliases. Wshell is one of the best, and Wshell supports Unix style &,| characters. For instance: alias rm delete [] alias cp copy [] clone