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Article #2649Re: A bug in ARP 1.3?
From: Dan Barrett
Date: Sun, 10 Dec 1989 18:09
Date: Sun, 10 Dec 1989 18:09
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In article <14752@boulder.Colorado.EDU> hunt@spot.Colorado.EDU (HUNT LEE CAMERON) writes:
>has anybody been able to make a file or
>directory called 'a' under ARP 1.3 and consequently tried to delete it?
Try: 1> delete "a"
I guess that the ARP delete program thinks "a" is the beginning of
a keyword like "all" or "ask".
This is a problem inherent in all command-line parsing in which
special keywords are not preceded by some sort of switch character.
For example, try creating a file called "dates" and then listing it:
1> list dates
"dates" is a special keyword for the "list" program. Yuck!!!
Dan
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!clyde.concordia.ca!uunet!aplcen!jhunix!barrett From: barrett@jhunix.HCF.JHU.EDU (Dan Barrett) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.tech Subject: Re: A bug in ARP 1.3? Message-ID: <3598@jhunix.HCF.JHU.EDU> Date: 10 Dec 89 18:09:47 GMT References: <14752@boulder.Colorado.EDU> Reply-To: barrett@jhunix.UUCP (Dan Barrett) Distribution: na Organization: The Johns Hopkins University - HCF Lines: 24