Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!gem.mps.ohio-state.edu!ginosko!uunet!munnari.oz.au!csc!ccadfa!csadfa!wkt From: wkt@csadfa.oz (Warren Toomey) Newsgroups: comp.os.minix Subject: Re: Clam Scripts & Wait Message-ID: <2251@csadfa.oz> Date: 5 Oct 89 01:02:00 GMT References: <24965@louie.udel.EDU> Organization: Dept. of Computer Science, University College, UNSW, ADFA, Canberra, Australia Lines: 23 In article <24965@louie.udel.EDU>, inf2007@vax.rz.uni-wuerzburg.dbp.de (inf2007) writes: > Jim Burnes writes: > >Am I mistaken that Clam scripts are not supported....no wait...Clam scripts > >dont support flow control. Doenst this limit Clam quite a bit? > > The missing wait is simple to add. I have this done for Version 1.3b and > have sent these and other diffs to wtoomey but not heard from him. Here is > > Robert Regn regn@uniwue.uucp Sorry about that Robert, a bit of my mail was lost as I've just changed sites here in Australia, and also Callum's site is currently down with a huge disk crash. Thanks for the `wait' function - I haven't tried it yet, but I'm sure there will be no problems. Hopefully Callum will take it & put it into the next version of Clam. Clam is now quite stable, and apart from a few known bugs [ aliases don't work with pipes etc ] it's a great shell. Bourne-shell scripting would make it better, 'though. -- Warren Toomey VK2XWT, Systems Programmer Dept of Comp. Sci, Uni of NSW [ADFA]. Canberra. ACT. 2600. Email: wkt@csadfa.oz.au Ph: (062) 688153 Fax: (062) 688581