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From: mdg@macs.UUCP (Mark Griffith)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os9
Subject: Re: arguments to user-written shells
Message-ID: <21187627@macs.UUCP>
Date: 20 Apr 89 13:35:06 GMT
References: <8190@boulder.Colorado.EDU>
Organization: Stetson University, DeLand FL
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In article <8190@boulder.Colorado.EDU>, fozzard@tigger.colorado.edu (Richard Fozzard) writes:
> We are new users of OS9 and have what seems a simple question
> about shell utilities. How do you pass an argument to a shell
> - something likeusing !$ in UNIX scripts?
> 

The 'standard' shell distributed with OS9 doesn't support argument
variables or anything else for that matter (sigh).

However, there is a shell available on Compuserve's OS9 Forum that
supports just about everything you might need -- arguments, shell
variables, looping, conditional tests, etc, etc.  You'll need to get to
that forum and download the shell patch file, and also a utility called
IPATCH, which runs a comparision between the downloaded patch file, and
the standard shell and outputs a new binary with all the added features.
A neat way to get around copyrights (grin).

Also, there is another utility called "GO" that passes command line
arguements to the shell, also available from the OS9 Forum.

Sorry, I can't provide the library filenames for these utilities, but
all my documents are at home.  Ask on the forum and someone there will
provide the names for you in a couple hours.  Response time for messages
left is pretty quick there.

Mark

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