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#!/bin/rc

# If $location exists, that's the one used.
# Option -n makes locate ignore the current value.
# otherwise, we try /devs/loc and ndb loc attr.

if (~ $1 -n){
	location=()
	shift
}
if (~ $#* 1)
	location=$1

if (~ $#location 0){
	default=none
	if (test -e /devs/loc/$user){
		default=`{sed 1q /devs/loc/$user}
	}
	if (~ $default none '' \n)
		default=`{ndb/query sys $sysname loc}
	if (~ $#default 0)
		default=none

	echo -n 'location? ['^$default^'] '
	location=`{read}
	if (~ $location '' \n)
		location=$default
	echo -n $location >/env/location
}

if (echo $location | grep '[^a-zA-Z0-9]'){
	echo 'Dont do weird things with your location!. Set to none'
	location=none
}

echo location is $location
echo -n $location >/env/location
echo $location >/who/$user/where
echo $user >/what/$sysname/owner
echo $location >/what/$sysname/where

exit ''

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