Scripting help plox

Hi,

2 questions, firstly AMIGADOS:

Self-explanatory, how do I get this to work?

version c:smbfs >ENV:smbfsver
if $smbfsver >=1.66
echo "here"
else
echo "lower than 1.66"
endif

Secondly, Arexx:

options results

id='req'pragma('id')
address command 'rxset' id $jack_destination
path=getclip(id)
call setclip(id,'')

address workbench
window windows path open

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This works fine, but how do I join strings?

I want to be able to do this:

Lets asume $jack_destination = RAM Disk:

address command 'rxset' id $jack_destination + Jack/

I would also love to not only open the destination drawer, but launch the actual application, but with limitated documentation it is hard to work with environment variables in both AmigaDOS and Arexx.

@djrikki
Quote:
With AmigaDOS scripts it's:
IF 1.66 GE $smbfsver

It looks there's not lesser than option. (I remembered it should exist. At least in older AmigaOS versions ?)

Put IF ? into a script to get all arguments listed.

GT = greater than
GE = greater or equal
Quote: "NOTE: You can use NOT GE for LT and NOT GT for LE."
EQ = equal
...

(Edit: I found the documentation...)
sys:Documentation/C/
sys:Documentation/C/shell.doc

@AmigaOS devs
It's required to put IF into a script but when typing IF ? into a Shell it should display all arguments IMHO, shouldn't it ?!?

I already tried that...

IF: wrong number of arguments... $smbfsver contains text as well: smbfs 1.66

NAME,VERSION/N,REVISION/N,FILE/S,FULL/S,UNIT/N,INTERNAL/S,RES/S,VSTRING/S:

Playing around I cannot seem to get the number only.

@djrikki
Try this:
Version C:smbfs version=1 revision=66 >nil:
IF WARN
Echo "Version too old"
ELSE
Echo "Version ok"
ENDIF

Thanks TSK.

Yeah I just looked on Aminet and came across Frank Burton's AmigaDOS for Beginners... what you wrote is exactly what I should do.

I would have never have guessed that!

2. ARexx

I don't have a clue what that code is doing, however have a play around with the PathPart AmigaDOS command - it joins and splits paths.

Otherwise you can put something together in ARexx which checks if the last character of the initial string ends in : or /, add / if it doesn't and then append whatever the next part of the path is. That should work in the majority of cases.

@djrikki

You can simpy join strings in ARexx with '||', something like this:



Further ARexx has some powerful DOS extensions, that should be able to retrieve pathes, filenames etc. for you.

BTW: Why not use a newer version of SMBFS? (Version 1.74: http://amiga-smbfs.sourceforge.net/)

@djrikki

Quote:
Arexx documentation
http://aminet.net/package/util/rexx/ARexxGuide2_0A


@TSK
Quote:
Quote:
I reported both already.

@djrkki
Try this:
set jackpath `PATHPART ADD "$jack_destination" "jack"`
echo $jackpath

Keep in mind that the hashmarks " `" are not the same as apostrophe " ' "