Login Script Commands (and Variables)
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This is used to run or execute an external command (COM or EXE)
#ENDCAP
runs the external command ENDCAP.EXE.
To run a batch file called DOIT.BAT use
#COMMAND.COM /C DOIT.BAT
ATTACH
Used to connect or attach the user to another fileserver
ATTACH <servername> / <user name>
ATTACH HEATHMONT2/DON
BREAK
BREAK ON is used to allow CTRL-BREAK to stop the login script and BREAK
OFF is used to disable CTRL-BREAK from halting the execution of the login script
COMSPEC
Used to indicate where an alternate copy of COMMAND.COM resides if it is
necessary to reload it COMSPEC=<drive>:<path and filename> See sample login scripts
DISPLAY
Displays the contents of an ASCII file -must not contain formatting characters e.g.
DISPLAY f:\login\rules.txt
displays the contents of the file RULES.TXT in the LOGIN subdirectory of F: drive
DOS VERIFY
DOS VERIFY ON turns on DOS read after write verification and DOS VERIFY
OFF turns it off
DOS BREAK
DOS BREAK ON allows CTRL-C or CTRL-BREAK to stop execution and DOS
BREAK OFF disables this
DOS SET
Allows you to pass Novell variables to DOS E.G.
DOS SET USER="%LOGIN_NAME"
assigns the variable USER the name of the user which is stored in the
Novell variable LOGIN_NAME (this can then be used in DOS batch files etc)
DRIVE
Allows you to change to another drive E.g. DRIVE Q: will change to drive Q:
EXIT
Stops the execution of the login script. You can also pass the name of a command that you
want to execute at the end of the script E.g.
EXIT
stops the script execution and returns to the command prompt.
EXIT "DMENU.BAT"
stops the script and then runs a batch file.
FDISPLAY
Displays the contents of a text file and also removes format characters E.g.
FDISPLAY F:\LOGIN\EXTRA.TXT
FIRE PHASERS
Makes a sound E.g.
FIRE PHASERS 8 TIMES
to have the sound occur 8 times
GOTO
Branch to a specified label E.g.
GOTO PLACE1.
Somewhere in the script would be the label PLACE1:
IF..THEN..ELSE..END
Decision statement See sample scripts
INCLUDE
Allows you to carry out login script command stored in an external ASCII file
MACHINE NAME
Allows you to change the value stored in the variable %MACHINE. You
only need to use this if you have given this variable a value other than IBM_PC in the workstation
configuration file (NET.CFG) E.g.
MACHINE NAME="EGA"
although more commonly
MACHINE NAME="IBM_PC"
MAP
Displays the currently defined drive and search drive mappings
Define a drive or search drive E.g.
MAP G:=F:\APPS
see sample scripts
MAP DISPLAY ON
Display the results of MAP commands
MAP DISPLAY OFF
Do not display the results of MAP commands
MAP ERRORS ON
Display any errors that result from MAP commands
MAP ERRORS OFF
Do not display any errors that result from MAP commands
PAUSE
Halt the execution of the login script until the user presses a key
PCCOMPATIBLE
This command ensures that the EXIT command is not ignored and so works properly (usually not now required)
REM or REMARK or ; or *
Allows you to add comments to your login scripts
SHIFT
Allows you to shift parameters included with the LOGIN command left or right E.g.
SHIFT 1
renumbers the first command line parameter from %1 to %0, %2 to %1 and so on - not often used
(SHIFT -1 does the opposite)
WAIT
Similar to PAUSE
WRITE
Place information on the screen
Login Script Variables
SECOND Stores a value from 0 to 59
MINUTE Stores a number from 0 to 59 indicating the current minute
HOUR Stores a number from 1 to 12 to indicate the current hour
HOUR24 Stores a number from 0 to 23 to indicate the current hour using 24 hour time
AM_PM Stores either AM or PM depending upon the workstation time
GREETING_TIME Stores morning or afternoon
DAY Stores a number from 1 to 31 to indicate what day of the month it is (based on the
workstation date)
DAY_OF_WEEK Stores Monday, Tuesday etc, based on the workstation date
NDAY_OF_WEEK Stores a number between 1 and 7, where 1=Monday, 2=Tuesday etc
MONTH Stores a number from 1 to 12 indicating the current month
MONTH_NAME Stores January, February etc
YEAR Stores the current year using 4 digits
SHORT_YEAR Stores the digits 0 to 99 - the last to digits of the year (87 means 1987)
ERROR_LEVEL Similar to DOS error level
FILE_SERVER Stores the name of the Fileserver to which you are currently attached
NETWORK_ADDRESS Stores the IPX number of the current Fileserver
P_STATION Stores the 12 digit hexadecimal number of the NIC inside the workstation
SHELL_TYPE Stores the version number of the Netware DOS Requester
FULL_NAME Stores the users full name
SMACHINE Stores the short name of the computer
STATION Stores the connection number of the user
USER_ID Stores the hexadecimal number assigned to the user by Netware
LOGIN_NAME Stores the name that the user used to LOGIN to the network
MEMBER Used to IF statements to check if the user is a member of a group. Also NOT
MEMBER checks for the opposite.
MACHINE or MACHINE NAME Stores the LONG MACHINE NAME of the computer as specified in the NET.CFG file. The default is IBM_PC.
OS Stores the operating system of the connecting PC (e.g. MSDOS for MSDOS based PCs)
OS_VERSION Stores the version of the connecting PC’s operating system(see sample login
scripts)
PASSWORD_EXPIRES Stores the number of days before the current password will expire
%0, %1, %2 etc Stores the command line parameters-%0 is the command itself, %1 the first
parameter, %2 the second etc
< > Stores the contents of a DOS environment variable
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