Subj : Re: Arexx noob needs help
To   : Ingo Juergensmann
From : Joacim Melin
Date : Tue Jan 09 2018 07:57:09

 IJ>    Hello Joacim!

 IJ> 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 */

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

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

 IJ> Ingo

A fair question. :)  CronTab does not work properly with the ACA1221ec 
accelerator card. I have tried many a Crontab software for the Amiga and they 
all launch just fine but never executes anything when it's supposed to execute. 
 So I thought I would solve it this way - have a ARexx program execute 
something every 30 or 60 minutes or whatever and just loop itself. 

"protect +s s:hey.scr" - I have no idea what that does. Need to read up on it.  
When I say I'm a ARexx noob - I mean it. This is literally my first ARexx 
program ever. 


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