Help getting pastebin get to work in a script.

Help getting pastebin get to work in a script.

hey im working on an custom collaberation os for myself and i want to have a script to detect if a program is installed. if it is i want it to tun and if not get it from pastebin. have any strings for me?

Split into new topic.

There are various scripts around for pulling things from pastebin, so I assume you want to know how to check if you've already got a given script? For that, refer to the fs API.

Bomb Bloke, on 01 June 2013 - 12:07 AM said:

There are various scripts around for pulling things from pastebin, so I assume you want to know how to check if you've already got a given script? For that, refer to the fs API.

I've tried that but then it says expected =. can you mock up script that i can plug in all my data? it just needs to be a couple of lines and it be a function. i can plug in everything

Very well. Assuming you just want the programs dumped on the root of each computer's drive;

local scripttable = {{"SomeScript1","PastebinAddress1"},
                          {"SomeScript2","PastebinAddress2"},
                          {"SomeScript3","PastebinAddress3"}}
                          -- Add extra scripts/Pastebin codes as desired.

local function runScriptIMayNotHave(script)
  if fs.exists(script) then
    shell.run(script) -- We have this script, so run it.
    return
  end

  -- Or, if we don't have the script...

  local scriptindex = 0

  for i=1,table.getn(scripttable) do if scripttable[i][1] == script then
    scriptindex = i
    break
  end end

  if scriptindex == 0 then
    print("Error: I've been asked to run a script I don't have and don't know a PasteBin address for.")
    return
  end

  -- If we've reached this point we're ready to download.
  -- Choose your pastebin script and dump it here. Something like:
  -- shell.run("PastebinGrabberScriptname",scripttable[scriptindex][1],scripttable[scriptindex][2])

  -- Make sure the download worked:

  if not fs.exists(script) then
    print("Error: Looks like I've been given a bad URL or something, download failed.")
    return
  end

  -- The script should definitely be on the computer's drive now, so run it.

  shell.run(script)
end