Re: Making choices with a script

On 2000-02-29 01:48:12, Cameron Matheson wrote: How do I use dialog? rtfm (`man dialog`, /usr/doc/dialog). /Allan -- Allan M. Wind Finger: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (GPG/PGP) P.O. Box 2022 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Woburn, MA 01888-0022 ICQ: 44214251 USA

Re: Making choices with a script

[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Cameron Matheson) wrote: I'm trying to make script that asks you what you want to do (and then echo's a list of choices), but I need to know what the command would be (like DOS's choice) to prompt the user, and how to use it. If you want something more lightweight than the

Re: Making choices with a script

Hi, cameron, nice question; dialog is a really cool program - but rather than tell you exactly how to run it, I recommend you look in file:/usr/doc/dialog-0.X/samples (X being whichever version you have) --dialog runs from a script and this directory contains some examples of how to call

Making choices with a script

Hey, I'm trying to make script that asks you what you want to do (and then echo's a list of choices), but I need to know what the command would be (like DOS's choice) to prompt the user, and how to use it. Thanks, Cameron Matheson

Re: Making choices with a script

On 2000-02-29 00:36:11, Cameron Matheson wrote: I'm trying to make script that asks you what you want to do (and then echo's a list of choices), but I need to know what the command would be (like DOS's choice) to prompt the user, and how to use it. dialog /Allan -- Allan M. Wind

Re: Making choices with a script

How do I use dialog? Thanks, Cameron Matheson Allan M. Wind wrote: On 2000-02-29 00:36:11, Cameron Matheson wrote: I'm trying to make script that asks you what you want to do (and then echo's a list of choices), but I need to know what the command would be (like DOS's choice) to