How to stop a script in endless loop?

RouterOS Scripting
1

Hi guys,

is there a possibility to stop a script in endless loop?

I have a script that should run all the time and start automatically after reboot.

something like this:

:do {
...
} while=( true )

But under certain conditions I want to interrupt it without removing it from “autostart” and rebooting the RB.

Any chance to do this?

Thanks!

2

check this: http://forum.mikrotik.com/t/command-to-interrupt-script-execution-in-if/21708/1

3

Thanks, JB172.

Interesting, but this is not what I need.

I want to stop the running script from “external” e.g. from the Terminal Window, or something like via the Task Manager in Windows.

4

instead of while (true) use a while condition that checks a global variable for equal/unequal some value.
then you can set the global variable from the terminal to stop the loop.
(of course you need to initialize it to another value before the loop)

5

Perfect, pe1chl! Thanks very much.

So simple :sunglasses: and works as wanted..

Script:

:global StopCollectOnlineTime false;
...
:do {
...
} while=(!$StopCollectOnlineTime)

Terminal:

[admin@MikroTik-hEX] > :set $StopCollectOnlineTime true;