This is the start of giving gbootroot some commandline functionality similar to

bootroot, but more specific with the primary goal of allowing root_fs
prototyping without the use of the GUI.

BootRoot/BootRoot.pm

@@ -248,7 +248,6 @@ my $ars = {}; # anonymous hash
 
 sub start {
 
-
 if ( $> != 0 && -e "/usr/lib/bootroot/genext2fs" ) {
     $main::makefs = "genext2fs -z -r0"; # -i8192 not a good idea
 }
@@ -352,9 +351,11 @@ $verbosefn = "$tmp/verbose"; # All verbosity
 # Need this before everything.
 Gtk::Rc->parse("/etc/gbootroot/gbootrootrc");
 
-verbosity_box();
+if ( !$::commandline ) {
+verbosity_box(); 
 start_logging_output($verbosefn,$verbosity); # Yard "tmp dir name" 
                                              # "verbosity level"
+}
 
 #-------------------------------
 # USER DIRECTORIES
@@ -434,23 +435,29 @@ if ( -d $global_yard_replacements_arch_dep ) {
 
 #-------------------------------
 
+if ( !$::commandline ) {
+
 # Gtk::check_version expects different arguments than .7004 so will have
 # to check for the version instead.
 # Right now >= 0.7002 is o.k.
 #if (Gtk::check_version(undef,"1","0","7") =~ /too old/) {
 
-if (Gtk->major_version < 1) {
-    et();
-}
-elsif (Gtk->micro_version < 7) {
-    et();
-}
-elsif (Gtk->minor_version < 2) {
-    et();
+    if (Gtk->major_version < 1) {
+	et();
+    }
+    elsif (Gtk->micro_version < 7) {
+	et();
+    }
+    elsif (Gtk->minor_version < 2) {
+	et();
+    }
 }
 
+my $window;
 
-my $window = Gtk::Window->new("toplevel");
+if ( !$::commandline ) {
+
+$window = Gtk::Window->new("toplevel");
 # special policy
 $window->set_policy( $false, $true, $true );
 $window->set_title("gBootRoot");
@@ -713,6 +720,13 @@ $box2->show();
 
 $window->show();
 
+}
+
+# Here we put the logic if the program is going to be run from the commandline.
+# The logic is linear.
+else {
+
+
 
 } # end start
 
@@ -2782,7 +2796,8 @@ sub verbosity_box {
 
        show $verbosity_window;
 
-} # end sub verbosity_box
+} # end sub verbosity_box 
+
 
 sub fileselect {
 

gbootroot

@@ -231,13 +231,24 @@ BEGIN {
 	$ENV{'PATH'} = "/usr/sbin:" . $ENV{'PATH'};
     }
 
+    if ( !$ARGV[0] ) {
+
+	use Gtk;
+	init Gtk;
+	set_locale Gtk; 
+	
+    }
+    else {
+ 
+	$::commandline = $ARGV[0];
+
+    }
+
 }
 
-use Gtk;
+
 use strict;
 use BootRoot::BootRoot;
-init Gtk;
-set_locale Gtk; 
 
 $main::editor = "emacs --font 6x13";
 $main::makefs = "mke2fs -F -m0 -i8192"; # Root Disk
@@ -245,11 +256,12 @@ $main::sudo = "sudo";
 
 start();
 
+if ( !$ARGV[0] ) {
 
-main Gtk;
-exit( 0 );
-
-
+    main Gtk;
+    exit( 0 );
+ 
+}