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Article #2239Re: path names
From: Jeff Bevis
Date: Sun, 19 Nov 1989 23:52
Date: Sun, 19 Nov 1989 23:52
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In article <1989Nov19.134054.26516@aucs.uucp>, 840445m@aucs.UUCP (Alan McKay) writes: >OK, so this is not very technical, but I think it belongs here more than >in comp.sys.amiga. > >In unix I can specify a path name thus : "../../comp/sys/amiga/tech" >How can I do this on the amiga? > You specify it like this: //comp/sys/amiga/tech the backslash (/) by itself refers to the parent directory of the current directory. How, you ask, do you reference the root directory, then? You use the colon (:) as in :news/comp/sys/amiga So by now, you must be saying to yourself, "Gee, that sucks! Is this for real?" Unfortunately it is not a nightmare. It is AmigaDOS. I often find myself typing the '..' and '.' under AmigaDOS due to UNIX habit. I plan on using Ash (or whatever the name ends up being) to give me access to the files with UNIX conventions -- at least on the command line. Sigh... +--------------------------------+--------------------------------------------+ | Jeff Bevis | "But I don't like spam!" | | bevis@en.ecn.purdue.edu | Give me Amiga or nothing at all. | +--------------------------------+--------------------------------------------+
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!attcan!uunet!cs.utexas.edu!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!ucbvax!EE.ECN.PURDUE.EDU!bevis From: bevis@EE.ECN.PURDUE.EDU (Jeff Bevis) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.tech Subject: Re: path names Message-ID: <8911192352.AA12870@en.ecn.purdue.edu> Date: 19 Nov 89 23:52:37 GMT References: <1989Nov19.134054.26516@aucs.uucp> Sender: daemon@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU Organization: Purdue University Engineering Computer Network Lines: 29