Need some help on a baja compare statement. I want to compare a current
users name (Handle) with the last entry of a file im keeping created by
baja.

I'll use me as an example

What I want is if I was the last entry "Desotofireflite" in the log file
called call.dat, I want it to do nothing, but if I wasn't the last entry in
the call.dat, I want it to write to the call.dat my name. My problems is I don't know how to compare a handle to the last entry of a file. My guess
would be

COMPARE_ARS Handle c:\sbbs\data\call.dat
If True
Goto end
end_if

FOPEN FILE O_WRONLY|O_CREAT|O_APPEND "%Jcalls.dat"

:end

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Re: Baja Command To Campare.
By: DesotoFireflite to All on Thu Dec 14 2017 05:56 am

Need some help on a baja compare statement. I want to compare a current users name (Handle) with the last entry of a file im keeping created by baja.

I'll use me as an example

What I want is if I was the last entry "Desotofireflite" in the log file called call.dat, I want it to do nothing, but if I wasn't the last entry in the call.dat, I want it to write to the call.dat my name. My problems is I don't know how to compare a handle to the last entry of a file. My guess would be

COMPARE_ARS Handle c:\sbbs\data\call.dat
If True
Goto end
end_if

FOPEN FILE O_WRONLY|O_CREAT|O_APPEND "%Jcalls.dat"

:end

COMPARE_ARS is for comparing the current user against a list of access requirements (not a file), so not the right function to call.

COMPARE is probably what you want. So, FOPEN, FREAD, COMPARE the result against _USERON.ALIAS (a global variable), FWRITE to add it to the file. That's the basics anyway. I think echicken already gave you a working example in the other sub.

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Re: Baja Command To Campare.
By: Digital Man to DesotoFireflite on Thu Dec 14 2017 09:17 am

COMPARE_ARS Handle c:\sbbs\data\call.dat
If True
Goto end
end_if

FOPEN FILE O_WRONLY|O_CREAT|O_APPEND "%Jcalls.dat"
:end

COMPARE_ARS is for comparing the current user against a list of access requirements (not a file), so not the right function to call.

COMPARE is probably what you want. So, FOPEN, FREAD, COMPARE the result against _USERON.ALIAS (a global variable), FWRITE to add it to the file. That's the basics anyway. I think echicken already gave you a working example in the other sub.

I knew it was wrong (Kinda), but it helped me show what I was thinking. The bigist problem I had was trying to figure out how to open the file so I could compare it to the _USERON.ALIAS. yes, echicken helped me very much, and now I think I have enough to incorporate it into my script I've been updating through the years. Everytime I think I've mastered baja, something like this comes along and I get humbled very quick :) If it wasn't for you, echicken, nightfox, and mro, I'd never get anything in baja or js fixed. You guys have always come through for me when I need help, and I really appreciate it.

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