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!SLIPdial/Resources/UK/Help/task
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| Tape/disk: | Home » Archimedes archive » Acorn User » AU 1995-04.adf » !Internet_StarterPak |
| Filename: | !SLIPdial/Resources/UK/Help/task |
| Read OK: | ✔ |
| File size: | 035A bytes |
| Load address: | 0000 |
| Exec address: | 0000 |
File contents
task [/name=<name>] [/exit=<command>] [/wait] <filespec> starts the specified task. Example: task <TCPIP$Dir>.!Run /name specifies a name to be associated with the command (by which it may be killed, for example). /exit specifies a command to be executed when the task terminates. /wait forces the script to wait for the started task to finish. Otherwise, script execution continues as soon as the task starts (the "/exit" command, if any, being added to the event queue when the task finishes). It is possible to combine the "/wait" and "/exit" qualifiers, but also pointless! task /kill[=<taskname>] task /kill by itself kills the last task to be started by the "task" command. task /kill <taskname> kills a task by name (name as known by the task manager). Only tasks known to SLIPdial (started by the "task" command) can be killed.
00000000 74 61 73 6b 20 5b 2f 6e 61 6d 65 3d 3c 6e 61 6d |task [/name=<nam| 00000010 65 3e 5d 20 5b 2f 65 78 69 74 3d 3c 63 6f 6d 6d |e>] [/exit=<comm| 00000020 61 6e 64 3e 5d 20 5b 2f 77 61 69 74 5d 20 3c 66 |and>] [/wait] <f| 00000030 69 6c 65 73 70 65 63 3e 0a 20 73 74 61 72 74 73 |ilespec>. starts| 00000040 20 74 68 65 20 73 70 65 63 69 66 69 65 64 20 74 | the specified t| 00000050 61 73 6b 2e 20 45 78 61 6d 70 6c 65 3a 0a 20 74 |ask. Example:. t| 00000060 61 73 6b 20 3c 54 43 50 49 50 24 44 69 72 3e 2e |ask <TCPIP$Dir>.| 00000070 21 52 75 6e 0a 20 2f 6e 61 6d 65 20 20 73 70 65 |!Run. /name spe| 00000080 63 69 66 69 65 73 20 61 20 6e 61 6d 65 20 74 6f |cifies a name to| 00000090 20 62 65 20 61 73 73 6f 63 69 61 74 65 64 20 77 | be associated w| 000000a0 69 74 68 20 74 68 65 20 63 6f 6d 6d 61 6e 64 20 |ith the command | 000000b0 28 62 79 20 77 68 69 63 68 20 69 74 20 6d 61 79 |(by which it may| 000000c0 0a 20 62 65 20 6b 69 6c 6c 65 64 2c 20 66 6f 72 |. be killed, for| 000000d0 20 65 78 61 6d 70 6c 65 29 2e 0a 20 2f 65 78 69 | example).. /exi| 000000e0 74 20 20 73 70 65 63 69 66 69 65 73 20 61 20 63 |t specifies a c| 000000f0 6f 6d 6d 61 6e 64 20 74 6f 20 62 65 20 65 78 65 |ommand to be exe| 00000100 63 75 74 65 64 20 77 68 65 6e 20 74 68 65 20 74 |cuted when the t| 00000110 61 73 6b 20 74 65 72 6d 69 6e 61 74 65 73 2e 0a |ask terminates..| 00000120 20 2f 77 61 69 74 20 20 66 6f 72 63 65 73 20 74 | /wait forces t| 00000130 68 65 20 73 63 72 69 70 74 20 74 6f 20 77 61 69 |he script to wai| 00000140 74 20 66 6f 72 20 74 68 65 20 73 74 61 72 74 65 |t for the starte| 00000150 64 20 74 61 73 6b 20 74 6f 20 66 69 6e 69 73 68 |d task to finish| 00000160 2e 20 4f 74 68 65 72 77 69 73 65 2c 0a 20 20 73 |. Otherwise,. s| 00000170 63 72 69 70 74 20 65 78 65 63 75 74 69 6f 6e 20 |cript execution | 00000180 63 6f 6e 74 69 6e 75 65 73 20 61 73 20 73 6f 6f |continues as soo| 00000190 6e 20 61 73 20 74 68 65 20 74 61 73 6b 20 73 74 |n as the task st| 000001a0 61 72 74 73 20 28 74 68 65 20 22 2f 65 78 69 74 |arts (the "/exit| 000001b0 22 20 63 6f 6d 6d 61 6e 64 2c 0a 20 20 69 66 20 |" command,. if | 000001c0 61 6e 79 2c 20 62 65 69 6e 67 20 61 64 64 65 64 |any, being added| 000001d0 20 74 6f 20 74 68 65 20 65 76 65 6e 74 20 71 75 | to the event qu| 000001e0 65 75 65 20 77 68 65 6e 20 74 68 65 20 74 61 73 |eue when the tas| 000001f0 6b 20 66 69 6e 69 73 68 65 73 29 2e 0a 20 49 74 |k finishes).. It| 00000200 20 69 73 20 70 6f 73 73 69 62 6c 65 20 74 6f 20 | is possible to | 00000210 63 6f 6d 62 69 6e 65 20 74 68 65 20 22 2f 77 61 |combine the "/wa| 00000220 69 74 22 20 61 6e 64 20 22 2f 65 78 69 74 22 20 |it" and "/exit" | 00000230 71 75 61 6c 69 66 69 65 72 73 2c 20 62 75 74 20 |qualifiers, but | 00000240 61 6c 73 6f 0a 20 70 6f 69 6e 74 6c 65 73 73 21 |also. pointless!| 00000250 0a 0a 74 61 73 6b 20 2f 6b 69 6c 6c 5b 3d 3c 74 |..task /kill[=<t| 00000260 61 73 6b 6e 61 6d 65 3e 5d 0a 20 74 61 73 6b 20 |askname>]. task | 00000270 2f 6b 69 6c 6c 20 62 79 20 69 74 73 65 6c 66 20 |/kill by itself | 00000280 6b 69 6c 6c 73 20 74 68 65 20 6c 61 73 74 20 74 |kills the last t| 00000290 61 73 6b 20 74 6f 20 62 65 20 73 74 61 72 74 65 |ask to be starte| 000002a0 64 20 62 79 20 74 68 65 20 22 74 61 73 6b 22 20 |d by the "task" | 000002b0 63 6f 6d 6d 61 6e 64 2e 0a 20 74 61 73 6b 20 2f |command.. task /| 000002c0 6b 69 6c 6c 20 3c 74 61 73 6b 6e 61 6d 65 3e 20 |kill <taskname> | 000002d0 6b 69 6c 6c 73 20 61 20 74 61 73 6b 20 62 79 20 |kills a task by | 000002e0 6e 61 6d 65 20 28 6e 61 6d 65 20 61 73 20 6b 6e |name (name as kn| 000002f0 6f 77 6e 20 62 79 20 74 68 65 20 74 61 73 6b 0a |own by the task.| 00000300 20 20 6d 61 6e 61 67 65 72 29 2e 20 4f 6e 6c 79 | manager). Only| 00000310 20 74 61 73 6b 73 20 6b 6e 6f 77 6e 20 74 6f 20 | tasks known to | 00000320 53 4c 49 50 64 69 61 6c 20 28 73 74 61 72 74 65 |SLIPdial (starte| 00000330 64 20 62 79 20 74 68 65 20 22 74 61 73 6b 22 20 |d by the "task" | 00000340 63 6f 6d 6d 61 6e 64 29 20 63 61 6e 0a 20 20 62 |command) can. b| 00000350 65 20 6b 69 6c 6c 65 64 2e 0a |e killed..| 0000035a
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