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Wanjia #1

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Posted 06 June 2016 - 12:56 AM

tfoote, on 24 July 2012 - 04:47 PM said:
Yes. create this… (the program is to be named startup)
shell.run("your program") -- replace your program

When I try to do

shell.run("power")

or even

shell.run(power)

I get "No such program", but if I use

edit power

, I can edit my program.

How, why and how to fix?

Edited on 06 June 2016 - 03:07 PM

Bomb Bloke #2

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Posted 06 June 2016 - 01:52 AM

Split from this old thread.

Is the "power" script sitting on the root of your computer's drive, or have you got it in a sub-directory…?

TechnicalCoding #3

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Posted 06 June 2016 - 02:05 AM

Check if your program exist with:


write "lua" in console

then
-----------
if fs.exists("/power")==false then print("Program does not exist!")
elseif fs.exists("/power")==true then print("Program does exist but can't be opened somehow")
else print("Unknown error!") end

Bomb Bloke #4

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Posted 06 June 2016 - 02:07 AM

You can't spread that sort of code over multiple lines within the Lua console, though.

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Posted 06 June 2016 - 02:33 AM

Bomb Bloke, on 06 June 2016 - 02:07 AM said:
You can't spread that sort of code over multiple lines within the Lua console, though.

In one line you can, it was not ment to be like that
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Wanjia #6

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Posted 06 June 2016 - 03:44 PM

TechnicalCoding, on 06 June 2016 - 02:05 AM said:

Check if your program exist with:


write "lua" in console

then
-----------
if fs.exists("/power")==false then print("Program does not exist!")
elseif fs.exists("/power")==true then print("Program does exist but can't be opened somehow")
else print("Unknown error!") end

This is how was shown:

TechnicalCoding #7

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Posted 07 June 2016 - 01:39 PM

Wanjia, on 06 June 2016 - 03:44 PM said:
TechnicalCoding, on 06 June 2016 - 02:05 AM said:
Check if your program exist with:
write "lua" in console
then
-----------
if fs.exists("/power")==false then print("Program does not exist!")
elseif fs.exists("/power")==true then print("Program does exist but can't be opened somehow")
else print("Unknown error!") end
This is how was shown:

Please upload your code to paste bin.
Then go into a NEW computer and write

pastebin get (pastebin url code) GetPowerBack

now if that was successfull it will download it, then you can rename it to power with

rename GetPowerBack power

I hope this works!

Edited on 07 June 2016 - 11:42 AM

Wanjia #8

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Posted 07 June 2016 - 04:32 PM

I tried both advanced and normal computer (diffrent pastebins) but both won't run on startup

Dog #9

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Posted 07 June 2016 - 05:36 PM

shell.run() is meant to be invoked from within a program or the Lua console, not from the command prompt. At the command prompt you just type the program name to run it.

Edited on 07 June 2016 - 03:55 PM

Wanjia #10

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Posted 07 June 2016 - 09:35 PM

so it should be like:


lua
lua>shell.run(power)

and this should make the power program startup everytime the game/world loads?

KingofGamesYami #11

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Posted 07 June 2016 - 09:39 PM

No, it would be:


> power

If you want it to start everytime the game/world loads, then name it 'startup':


> mv power startup

Edited on 07 June 2016 - 07:41 PM

Cloud Ninja #12

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Posted 07 June 2016 - 10:38 PM

shell.run() gets called from inside of lua or another program. To run a program without those 2, just type it into the terminal. so "power" is what you would type in (not in lua, just shell)