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On 10 Feb 2004, Kevin D. Clark wrote: > > Bob Keyes writes: > > > I am working on a 2 floppy linux disttribution, and I want it to be able > > to make some intelligent decisions when it is operating unattended but > > still allow a user at the console to interrupt some startup procedures. > > > > So, I want basically this: User is given a period of time (8 seconds or > > so) to either hit Y to to continue or N to abort, and if they fail to take > > action within that time, a default action will occur. > > > > I am doing this on a small system, like I said, and have busybox and ash > > at my disposal. I could probably write a C program to do it but would > > rather not. Anyone have any ideas? > > Does this work with ash? > > if read -p "Initiate self-destruct sequence? " -t 8 KEY ; then > : > else > KEY=n > fi Nope. ash doesn't have -t. Drat! > Obviously, there are more complicated ways to do this as well. Hrm...
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