Originally posted by: tad_cs

Hi all,

I would like to know if it is possibile run "dialog" tool
on shell script on AIX uxitip98.

I can use the following shell script on linux:

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OPT=$( dialog --stdout --title "Test menu linux" \
--menu "Choice a option" 12 70 3 \
1 "Execute Backup" \
2 "Execute Restore" )

if $OPT = 1 ; then

clear

dialog --msgbox "Test message" 0 0

fi

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How can I do this on Unix AIX?

Thank you very much!!!!
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Originally posted by: alethad

I am not familiar with the dialog tool.
Can you use something like this case statement?
If the $OS_NAME is anything other than AIX or HP then the echo statement is performed.

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1. Setup for specific platform AIX HP

case $OS_NAME in
AIX) : ;;
HP-UX) export LANG=C;;
*) echo "I don't know about this OS ($OSNAME)"; exit 23;;
esac

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Or are you looking for a visible menu rather than a passed variable? If so you can make a few adjustments to this by adding some echo statements to get a visible menu.
You weren't specific enough in what you are looking for.

good luck.
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Originally posted by: Kosala

If you google for it, the first hit says dialog was ported to AIX. May be you should try compiling it. Note, you'll need ncurses IINM for dialog to work.

Kosala
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Originally posted by: SystemAdmin

You would get better results with ncurses, but it should work with AIX curses.
(AIX curses has some limitations regarding color and line-drawing which may
be troublesome).
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