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- This is Color Menu v0.2, a bash shell script based menu that relies on dialog
- v0.4 for menuing.
-
- This is released as per the GPL, available from prep.ai.mit.edu, if shell
- scripts need to be copywrited anyway. 8-)
-
- I originally wrote this for DOS users who didn't want to learn UNIX commands
- but still wanted to use the Linux box for internet connections. I have added
- some other things to make their stay easier too.
-
- This is my first real adventure into shell scripts, so if you find problems
- or have suggestions, LET ME KNOW...
-
- Variables:
- SHLACT1 SHLACT2 : personal shell accounts i.e. crh0027.urh.uiuc.edu
- DOSDRV1 DOSDRV2 : DOS drives and/or directories i.e. /dose, /dosc/zip
- FRIEND: Someone who you like to check on. i.e. whirlin@crh0027.urh.uiuc.edu
- Because I don't know any better, these are environment variables set in
- the users .profile, for system installations, or at the top of the file.
-
- Required programs:
- dialog v0.4 - It will not work with the older dialog that comes with Slackware
- 2.0. I do not know about the newer Slackware. If you get errors, your dialog
- is too old. It is available from sunsite.unc.edu as:
- /pub/Linux/utils/shell/dialog-0.4-tar.gz
-
- ncftp - I tested this with ncftp 1.7.5 with a full-fledged .netrc. I do not
- think that the Go For File choice will work without it.
-
- Local Programs - If you don't have the programs in the local programs menu
- installed, they won't work |-P
-
- Things to edit:
- In netfun(), you might need to change the commands to open and close the
- network connection.
- in basefun(), you might want to change the choices in the ftp menu.
- in webfun(), you should change the Archie server to one near you.
-
- Although this script works well, it really wasn't intended for Linuxoids, but
- rather for Linuxoids to set up for their users.
-
- Thanks to Savio Lam (lam836@cs.cuhk.hk) and Stuart Herbert
- (S.Herbert@Sheffield.ac.uk) for dialog. And Pat Volkerding of Slackware fame,
- whose installation script is what gave me the idea to make this. And, of
- course, Linus Torvalds for the OS that makes this possible.....
-
- As always, comments and suggestions are welcome.
-
- Whirlin' Dervish
- Whirlin on IRC at #linux and #Linpeople.
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