Re: howto linux

yes but if advmenu has an error it powers off before u can fix it!
i need it to
if no errors then poweroff
but thanks
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Kevin Barr" <kmb-25+bR1YndWNWk0Htik3J/[email protected]>
To: "'advmame'" <advancemame-users-5NWGOfrQmneRv+LV9MX5uipxlwaOVQ5f@public.gmane.org>
Sent: Sunday, October 24, 2004 4:22 PM
Subject: RE: [advancemame-users] howto linux


> Someone else might have a better idea, but how about calling a small
> script instead which would launch advmenu then conditionally poweroff or
> exit based on the output...something like [not tested or complete]:
>
> #!/usr/bin/perl
>
> exec('poweroff') unless ( `advmenu 2>&1` =~ /foobar/i );
>
> # note: those are back-angled single quotes around advmenu,
> # the ones on the key with the tilde (~)...the ones around
> # poweroff meanwhile are straight single quotes.
>
>
> The "foobar" in the regexp would need to be changed to something that
> would actually match on an error and only an error...Perl's probably
> overkill too, but I'm kinda a one-trick pony in Linux scripting.
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
>  but if theres an error. eg "can't load svgalib" the pc would just trun
> off.
> dose any one
> know how to
>
> advmame
> if error then exit
> else init 0
>
>
>
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