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From: lah@raybed2.UUCP (LANCE HOLMES)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Input from keyboard in startup-sequence
Message-ID: <1128@raybed2.UUCP>
Date: 1 Mar 88 13:33:51 GMT
References: <820@umbc3.UMD.EDU>
Distribution: na
Organization: Raytheon Co., Bedford, Mass.
Lines: 12
Summary: Use shell

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.
 
try using the Shell program written by Mat Dillon.  you can execute
a command file which contains the input command by typing "shell filename"

Lance Holmes.