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An Automatic
Run
Command
As mentioned in
the
Start-Up
Instructions,
booting
the
system consists of
giving a command
to
copy the operating system from
its
location
on
the
disk
or
diskette,
into
the
computer's
memory. The
CONFIG
A command lets you
set
up
an automatic run command which will automatically allow you
to
load
and run a
particular
program or
transient
command each time. the system is
booted.
The
CONFIG A
option
creates
a file
on
the disk which the
bootiI~
program
looks
for.
If
you
put
in
an
auto
command,
the
booting
program wlll do
whatever
the
auto
command
instructs
it
to
do,
each
time
you boot.
If
it
doesn't find
this
file,
you
get
the
A>
prompt
and business
as
usual
after
boot~.
What
Can
I Do With An Auto Command!
V-12
You
can
instruct
the
system
to
run
any
command file, including applications
programs as well as transient commands. This way, if
you
use
your
Vector
4
for
the
same
thing
every
morning, you can
set
it
up so
that
it
automatically
begins with
that
task.
There
are
a few restrictions, however.
You
can
only
have one auto command I
set
up
per disk or diskette, and
that
must
be
the
one from which you
boot.
Naturally, you can change the auto command
later
if
you decide to. Also, the
auto command cannot be more than one line long.
For
an
example,
recall
from
the
section
above on
the
CONFIG
0/1/2/3
command
that
you
can
enter
CONPIG
<I>
to
select
a
printer
from
the
two
list
devices
for
which
your
system is
set
up_
If
you
want
to
select
that
printer each time you boot the system, you can use the CONFIG A
option
to
set
up
your
computer
for
exactly
this
kind
of
"custom sign-on",
in
the
following way.
1.
Enter CONPIG A [RETURN). The screen will display:
[0]
CLEAR
AUTO COMMAND
[1] AUTO COMMAND ON COLD BOOT
[2] AUTO COMMAND ON
WARM
BOOT
[3] AUTO COMMAND ON COLD AND
WARM
BOOT
CURRENTLY
- 0
***
NO COMMAND ASSIGNED
***
ENTER
DESIRED SELECTION:
The
line
which shows
current
command assigned may, of course,
be
different
on your system. However, if you
are
just
beginning
to
use
your
computer,
there wlll probably be
no
command assigned.
PIN 7100-0001
9-01-82 - Rev. A
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