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- The session script is meant to be run *offline*. It generates a
- script of its own, called SESS.CSH that will visit various SIGs,
- read messages, leave replies, etc. -- all of which you told it
- to do while running SESSION.CSH.
-
- In order for the script generated by SESSION.CSH to work, you must
- download the following scripts from the PROGRAMMER'S SIG:
-
- RI.CSH
- REPLY.CSH
- LEAVE.CSH
- SS.CSH
- GOSIG.CSH
- RN.CSH
- RMQSNRR.CSH
- LOGOFF.CSH
-
- In addition, you must have your own "LOGIN.CSH" script that will
- leave you at a "!" prompt (or any other prompt capable of accepting
- a CIS command of the form "GO pagenumber").
-
-
- When you run session.csh, it first creates the file sess.csh, and puts
- the line "login" at the top. Thus, when sess is executed, the first
- thing it does is (presumably) log you into CIS. After that, you
- are able to interactively build up the sess.csh script during the
- execution of session.csh. Session will ask you which SIGs you want
- to vist, what you want to do in these SIGs, and where to write the
- capture buffer it generates.
-
- When you are done, you tell session that you want to log off, and that
- completes the generation of sess.csh.
-
- Again, all of the above is being done *offline* -- you are not connected
- to CIS while SESS.CSH is being generated. Once you have thoroughly specified
- what you want to do and are ready for things to begin, you start the
- execution of the SESS script. This file, then, will dial up CIS
- (assuming you have autodial abilities in your login.csh script), log
- you in, visit the SIGs you want, retrieve your messages, post your
- replies, and so on -- and then log off again when things are done!!!
-
- All this allows you to minimize your connect time to CIS (After all,
- you aren't sitting there gawking at the messages until after you're
- logged off again). And ... it demonstrates the abilities of scripts.
-
-
- Naturally, these scripts can be modified in any way you choose. For the
- really strange of you, you can even specify a script that drops into
- CB, says hello to everybody, says goodbye a few seconds later, and
- then carries on with SIG hopping!
-
-
- Enjoy!
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