Short: Generate random numbers for scripts Author: T.Heinrich@t-online.de (Thomas Heinrich) Uploader: T Heinrich t-online de (Thomas Heinrich) Type: util/cli Version: 1.1 Replaces: Randomizer#? Requires: OS2.04+, MC68000+ Architecture: m68k-amigaos While I am browsing through the web, I am collecting looots of photos of phantastic women. So I really could not decide which one to use as the workbench backdrop. Using WBPattern to create multiple preferences files was easy, but how get them changed after every reboot ? So I renamed all the prefs as Backdrop.xx, where xx is a number from 0 to 197 ;^). But how do I generate a random number in a shell ? Finally I quickly wrote a program, which used the system seconds, and masked out the lower few bits, being able to use first 16 then 32 backdrops. I was not to satified with that, as it only produced fixed steps to use as numbers (16, 32 the next would have been 64). I spent half an afternoon, then, to produce this program here: Randomizer ! What it does: ------------- It also reads the seconds from the timer of your Amiga and then produces a CONFIGURABLE number of random numbers. For script convenience, it stores the number in a local shell variable named "RANDOM". So you can access it e.g. by typing WBPattern Backdrop.$RANDOM USE This loads a random backdrop picture, given you prepared the prefs in the first place. What YOU should do: ------------------- READ THE DOCS BEFORE USING THE PROGRAM ! To be honest, there are no docs... Search for the file "ReadMeFirst" in this distribution, to figure out how to make Randomizer work. One more, at last: It is FREEWARE ! And it comes with the main part of the C source !!! Have fun, Thomas "Hoin" Heinrich.