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From: Eric Schulte <eric.schulte@gmx.com>
Subject: Re: [OT] Babel user queries like SH "read CONFIRM"
Date: Wed, 08 Feb 2012 09:46:26 -0700
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To: brian powell <briangpowellms@gmail.com>
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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/