Subj : Re: More dumb questions
To   : echicken
From : Mortifis
Date : Fri Jul 19 2019 01:08 pm

 >   Re: More dumb questions
 >   By: Mortifis to All on Fri Jul 19 2019 11:18:34

 >  Mo> When scripting a commandline utility, console.clear() and other
 >  Mo> console.* functions are 'undefined' Is there a load(*.js) I need to
 >  Mo> call at the start of the script to has access to those functions or are
 >  Mo> they hard coded in sbbs? 

 > 'console' only exists in scripts running in the 'bbs' context, ie. under a
 > telnet/rlogin/ssh session. 
 > Its methods are strictly for interacting with a remote terminal and they
 > aren't relevant under jsexec,
 > the webserver, or other places where Synchronet runs JS.

 > There are ways to deal with running scripts either under jsexec or in a BBS
 > session (you seemed to have
 > the idea of doing 'if (js.global.console)').

  Ya, I see that now, I found conio.clrscr; and conio.suspend which does what I
needed.  

 >  Sometimes it's just easier to
 > pick one or the other.  This
 > script in particular (generating a report about dupe users) seems like a
 > utility I'd just want to run
 > under jsexec and I wouldn't need to run during an ssh session.

 
 I was following the premise under mailall.js LOL  but, with your help, I am
slowly seeing the error or my ways :-)

The script has already grown beyond an FYI script and is has menu options

Thanks, EC



My teachers always said "You can't make a living looking out a window!", they
were wrong,  I drive truck :-P

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