brian powell <briangpowel...@gmail.com> writes: > * Is there a simple way in BABEL to interact/query a user--something like > this won't work: > > #+begin_src sh > cat blah-install.sh > echo -n " Sure you want to run this install script code to install > BlahSoftware? (y/n): " > read CONFIRM > case $CONFIRM in > y|Y) sh blah-software-install.sh;; > n|N) > echo " > ERROR 5: User declined the agreement. > " > exit > ;; > *) echo " > That is not vaild input and/or user declined to run install script. > " > esac > #+end_src
Fun question, the following should work. #+begin_src sh :eval (if (y-or-n-p "Install this software?") "yes" "no") echo "Going ahead with operation" #+end_src -- Eric Schulte http://cs.unm.edu/~eschulte/