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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