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From: chipb@santana..FtCollins.NCR.com (Chip.Brewster)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Dynamic Startup-Sequence
Message-ID: <530@ncr-mpd.FtCollins>
Date: 20 Sep 90 22:54:26 GMT
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Reply-To: chipb@santana..FtCollins.NCR.com (Chip.Brewster)
Organization: NCR Microelectronics, Ft. Collins, CO
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I read with interest the recent postings on QMouse and how to use the
left mouse button to change the boot startup.  What I would like to
do is test if a disk is inserted in df1: and execute df1:s/Startup.
And do this without requiring a disk to be in df1: or bringing up a
system requester.  I've looked at "assign >nil: df1: exists" but df1:
always exists.  I can't use the volume name because this will vary.

What I ended up doing is using Matt Dillon's (et al.) CShell since I

        info | input JUNK DF0 DF1
        if -n $DF1 = "DF1:   No disk present"
            if -f DF1:s/Startup.sh
                run RAD:c/csh -c "source DF1:s/Startup.sh"
        ...

What I'd like to do is avoid running CShell during startup and perform
an equivalent test in CLI.  What I'd really like is a generalized QMouse
that performs tests specified on it's command line (e.g. UNIX test(1)).

Any suggestions?  I'm already thinking of writing one for my first
Amiga C project.

Chip Brewster
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