William Geiger wrote in a message to William Geiger:

WG> Hi All , Yes it's me again 

WG> Does anyone know of a better way of handling multiple
WG> config.sys files for OS/2? Right now I am using the Alt-F1
WG> while OS/2 is loading then selecting the config.sys file I
WG> wan't to use. This is rather cumbersome for keeping track of
WG> changes between the different config.sys files. Back in the
WG> DOS days I could set up menu options inside of my config.sys
WG> for different configurations. Is this option available for
WG> OS/2? I could not find it in the docs.

I've written a rexx script to do this, but unlike someone's earlier post,
mine works from a 'master' config file, so lines common to different config
setups are only entered once.

Here it is, if it's any use:
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
/* Config.Sys Selection program */
ConfigFile="c:\os2\util\config.tpt"
say "Enter configuration selection"
pull Selection
sel=translate(Selection)
OutFile="c:\config.sys"
linein(ConfigFile,,0)
del OutFile
do while lines(ConfigFile)
	thisline = linein(Configfile)
	units=words(sqline)
	oneword=translate(word(thisline,1))
	if
((translate(word(thisline,1))="REM")&(translate(word(thisline,2))="SELECT"))
then do 		if wordpos(sel,translate(thisline))=0
			then do
				cflag=0
			end
			else do
				cflag=1
			end
		end
	else do
		if cflag=1 then call lineout OutFile,thisline
		end
	end
exit
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Change the second line to reflect the filename of the configuration
'template' you wish to use, ie. the master config file.

Next choose a name for each different config setup you want.

In your master config file, put lines with the keywords "rem
select" followed by the name(s) of the setup(s), to enable the lines
following for the target config.sys.

Then when you want to change the setup, run the rexx script, and enter the
setup name when prompted.  A config.sys file will be created from the
master file according to which setup you want, and next time you reboot,
the new config will take force.

All sounds a bit complex, but i'll give an example which should clear things up:

rem sample master config file
rem select basic
protshell=c:\os2\util\tshell.exe
rem select normal
protshell=c:\os2\pmshell.exe
set runworkplace=c:\os2\pmshell.exe
rem select basic normal
device=c:\boot\com.sys
   .
   .
   .

when you run the script, just enter normal for a wps environment, or basic
for a text only environment.


PS. does anyone know how to access command line paramaters from a REXX
script?  I used pull for the above script because i couldn't figure it out.

Cheers,

--- timEd/2-B10