Subj : Arexx noob needs help
To   : Joacim Melin
From : Ingo Juergensmann
Date : Mon Jan 08 2018 21:07:36

   Hello Joacim!

08 Jan 18 20:03, you wrote to all:

 JM> I'm trying to create a ARexx script that ever X number of minutes will
 JM> execute a shell script.  I'm a total noob to ARexx programming but
 JM> here are my efforts so far:

 JM> * testscript för loop */

I can't comment on the ARexx script, but when you want to execute a script
every x minutes, why don't you just use a cron for AmigaOS? I used to use
cybercron for that purpose.

 JM> s:hej.scr contains one line:
 JM> echo HELLO!
 JM> Now, I get no output from s:hej.scr. I tried to add
 JM> GetEnv("minoutput") to the ARexx script but that doesn't work.  Also,
 JM> I can't kill the ARexx script once it's running, either by pressing
 JM> ctrl-c or trying to close the shell window.

Silly question: did you added the script bit to the file? protect +s s:hey.scr

Ingo


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