ref: a093dbb53911954c664b4ebfa0457f5f46011cda
dir: /unix/emu/
#!/bin/ksh vdir=/run # running clones bdir=/base # base images dir case $USER in 3|v8 ) system=vax780 ;; v1|v5|v7 ) system=pdp11 ;; 43 ) system=vax ;; *) echo system is undefined, please notify me to update it. exit esac if ! [ -d $vdir ]; then echo $vdir: no such file or directory exit 2 fi if ! [ -d $bdir ]; then echo $bdir: no such file or directory exit 2 fi if [ -d $vdir/0 ]; then # something is running last_instance=`ls $vdir | sort -n | tail -1` new_instance=$((($last_instance+1))) else # nothing is running? new_instance=0 fi # create a clone cp -r $bdir $vdir/$new_instance cd $vdir/$new_instance #simh expects files to be on cwd simh-$system $USER.ini rm -rf $vdir/$new_instance exit