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<DIV><FONT face=Tahoma size=2>Walter Vaughan<SPAN class=359372416-05062008><FONT
face=Arial color=#0000ff> <FONT
color=#000000>wrote</FONT> </FONT></SPAN>Thursday, June 05, 2008 11:48
AM<SPAN class=359372416-05062008><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff> : </FONT></SPAN><BR></FONT></DIV>Bruce Easton
wrote:<BR>
<BLOCKQUOTE cite=midBBEALIBBDKJHFKICDGELMENIFHAA.bruce@stn.com type="cite"><PRE wrap="">Robert Pulliam wrote Thu, 5 Jun 2008 10:30:52 -0400:
I have employees who are key pounders. AT the end of the day
there is a process - ie a batch file with 35 command lines
that must be executed every day. If they hit the enter key twice or
more with their pounding this process runs exactly that many times.
Using filepro - sco unix. Is there a unix command that would
intercept the multiple enters or could i exit the entire batch file
with a filepro command.
</PRE><PRE wrap=""><!---->Is there a way to make the script so that only the entry of a
specific word will allow the process to go on the the next step?
(Like having the user enter 'dostep1' to make it do the first step -
any other word or enter would just make it stay at that step.)</PRE></BLOCKQUOTE>
<DIV>Or create a counter file that keeps track of how many times the batch is
run, and<BR>toss up an error message if the batch has already been run.<SPAN
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<DIV><SPAN class=359372416-05062008><FONT face=Arial size=2>Yeah, as long as you
don't just require a return after the error message to let
it </FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=359372416-05062008><FONT face=Arial size=2>go around again.
:) (I'm still paranoid after that keyboard buffer dump the
cat gave </FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=359372416-05062008><FONT face=Arial size=2>me as a gift that
day by right-clicking my mouse.:))</FONT> <FONT face=Arial
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<DIV><SPAN class=359372416-05062008><FONT face=Arial size=2>If thinking of
implementing a counter file or similar to track runs in a day, might also
</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=359372416-05062008><FONT face=Arial size=2>consider writing out
the run stats into a log file - like who ran it, start/end time,
</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=359372416-05062008><FONT face=Arial size=2>phase completion
IDs, etc.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=359372416-05062008><FONT face=Arial
size=2>Bruce</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=359372416-05062008><FONT face=Arial
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=359372416-05062008><FONT face=Arial size=2>Bruce Easton<BR>STN,
Inc.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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