RandomPattern

Short:        Random Backdrops Picture with DirOpus
Author:       gene@stardate.westfalen.de(sebastian eichholz)
Uploader:     gene stardate westfalen de(sebastian eichholz)
Type:         util/dopus
Architecture: m68k-amigaos


Insert this (shell-only) command into your startup-sequence
and enjoy the random backdrop-picture :-)
It selects a random file from a given directory and simply
copies it to the given destination-file (your backdrop-pic).

In fact, you can use this command for the original Workbench
as well (if you do not prefer DirOpus).

Usage:

RandomPattern {source-dir} {target-file}


source-dir:  A directory where you have stored all possible
             pictures, e.g. "iff:backdrops/"

target-file: THE file you have selected in DirOpus (or WBpattern)
             as your backdrop picture, e.g. "Dopus5:backdrop.pic"

My startup-sequence contains this line:

random.exe iff:backgrounds/ dopus5:g_background.jpg

(well, in real it is in the user-startup, you can place it in your
startup-sequence OR the user-startup)


The programm was written with BlitzBasic in a couple of minutes...


Please write any bugs (are there any in this really SHORT program?)
or suggestions to me.

Have Fun!