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* [OT] Babel user queries like SH "read CONFIRM"
@ 2012-02-08 16:20 brian powell
  2012-02-08 16:46 ` Eric Schulte
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 2+ messages in thread
From: brian powell @ 2012-02-08 16:20 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: emacs-orgmode

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* Is there a simple way in BABEL to interact/query a user--something like
this won't work:

#+begin_src sh
cat blah-install.sh
echo -n " Sure you want to run this install script code to install
BlahSoftware? (y/n): "
read CONFIRM
  case $CONFIRM in
    y|Y) sh blah-software-install.sh;;
    n|N)
      echo "
ERROR 5: User declined the agreement.
"
      exit
      ;;
    *) echo "
That is not vaild input and/or user declined to run install script.
"
  esac
#+end_src

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* Re: [OT] Babel user queries like SH "read CONFIRM"
  2012-02-08 16:20 [OT] Babel user queries like SH "read CONFIRM" brian powell
@ 2012-02-08 16:46 ` Eric Schulte
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 2+ messages in thread
From: Eric Schulte @ 2012-02-08 16:46 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: brian powell; +Cc: emacs-orgmode

brian powell <briangpowellms@gmail.com> writes:

> * Is there a simple way in BABEL to interact/query a user--something like
> this won't work:
>
> #+begin_src sh
> cat blah-install.sh
> echo -n " Sure you want to run this install script code to install
> BlahSoftware? (y/n): "
> read CONFIRM
>   case $CONFIRM in
>     y|Y) sh blah-software-install.sh;;
>     n|N)
>       echo "
> ERROR 5: User declined the agreement.
> "
>       exit
>       ;;
>     *) echo "
> That is not vaild input and/or user declined to run install script.
> "
>   esac
> #+end_src

Fun question, the following should work.

#+begin_src sh :eval (if (y-or-n-p "Install this software?") "yes" "no")
  echo "Going ahead with operation"
#+end_src

-- 
Eric Schulte
http://cs.unm.edu/~eschulte/

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