batch files ???



> From: Peter Ulrich Kruppa
> Subject: batch files ???
>
>
> I don't understand the part in the documentation about batch
> files. What I am actually looking for is this:
> 1) I type a file, let's call it session.bat containing lines like
>   these:
>   (c1) 5 + 3;
>   (c2) c1 - 3;
>   (c3) c2*2;
>
> ...

Create a file session.ma containing the following

a:5+3;
b:a-3;
c:b*2;

then within maxima

batch("session.mac");

and continue working
(C1) batch("session.mac");

batching /usr/people/billingd/session.mac
(C2)                               a : 3 + 5
(D2)                                   8
(C3)                               b : a - 3
(D3)                                   5
(C4)                                c : b 2
(D4)                                  10
(C5) c+3;
(D5)                                  13