[U-Boot-Users] script examples...

[Michael Frey]

ok thanks for the help.

I do intend to use the real built-in bootm command not my own.

Michael

On Monday, June 23, 2003, at 04:21  PM, Wolfgang Denk wrote:

> In message <7C52E0B9-A5B7-11D7-A774-00039390D626 at pepper.com> you wrote:
>> This sounds what I need but I get syntax errors when trying the
>> following:
>
> Well, check with a real shell - the syntax is the same:
>
>> if fatls <filename> then run erase 0x00000000 0x0003ffff
>> else
>> run bootm
>> fi
>>
>> Should this work?
>
> No, there is a separator missing. Either
>
>
> 	if fatls <filename>
> 	then run erase 0x00000000 0x0003ffff
> 	else
> 	run bootm
> 	fi
>
> or
>
> 	if fatls <filename> ; then run erase 0x00000000 0x0003ffff
> 	else
> 	run bootm
> 	fi
>
> should work.
>
> One word of a warning, though: "run bootm" means you have  defined  a
> vaiable  "bootm"  which  contains  some commands; but there is also a
> U-Boot command "bootm" - there is  no  problem  with  that,  it  will
> actually  work  fine,  but  for  matters  of style I recommend to use
> different names, though.
>
>
> Best regards,
>
> Wolfgang Denk
>
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