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From: glyn@cs.ualberta.ca (Devin Reade)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2.gno
Subject: Re: Shell scripts
Date: 26 Sep 1997 02:09:09 GMT
Organization: Myrias Research Corporation
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In article <60ebrv$pr5$1@vixen.cso.uiuc.edu>,
Jonathan E Isom <jisom@prairienet.org> wrote:
>I can't figure out how to make shell scripts.
>any help would be apprecaited

Well, that wasn't a very descriptive request.  In what way are you having
problems?

First of all, gsh is a poor shell for scripting.  Unfortunately, there
isn't any other choice for GNO v2.0.4.  I'm working on an sh (Bourne)
implementation for GNO v2.0.6, but it's not ready for use.

Gsh is fine for fairly "dumb" scripts though.  (Ones that don't require
control flow.)  If you let us know *how* you're having problems, maybe
we can help.

At the basic level:
	1) Edit a text file containing gsh commands
	2) Change it from a text file to a shell script:
		chtyp -lexec scriptname
	3) Run it by typing 'scriptname'

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	Devin Reade	gdr@myrias.com