Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!cbmvax!schein
From: schein@cbmvax.UUCP (Dan Schein CATS)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Input from keyboard in startup-sequence
Message-ID: <3397@cbmvax.UUCP>
Date: 1 Mar 88 14:15:36 GMT
References: <820@umbc3.UMD.EDU>
Reply-To: schein@cbmvax.UUCP (Dan Schein CATS)
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Organization: Commodore Technology, West Chester, PA
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In article <820@umbc3.UMD.EDU> ken@umbc3.UMD.EDU (Ken Spagnolo ) writes:
>Hopefully, this is not a dumb question (I can't find the answer anyway).
>
>I would like to have an if-then-else structure in my startup-sequence
>that would prompt me to see if I wanted to load up certain files (or
>whatever).  But I don't know how to get it to wait for input from the
>keyboard during startup.  Even EXECUTE needs to see the args on the 
>command line that calls it.  Anyone pull this off?  Thanx.
>
  Why not use the "ASK" command? If you combine it with "IF" & "ELSE"
  you have exactly what you need. Here is a quick & dirty example:

  ask Relay
  if warn
     echo "Y"
  else
     echo "non-Y"
  endif

  This will display the work "Relay" and wait for a keypress. Hope that
  helps.

>Ken Spagnolo


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