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In article <13383@chaph.usc.edu> aliu@aludra.usc.edu (Alex C. Liu) writes:
>Well, I noticed that ALL AmigaDOS scripts creates temp file in T:.
>Since the startup-sequence is also a script, then it must write into
>your Boot disk when first starting up the machine. (This is even
>before you get a chance to assign T: to RAM:)

This is incorrect.

Execute only creates a temp file if it thinks that some parameter substitution
(angle brackets, or .bra and .ket replacements) are involved.

The initial startup-sequence cannot have parameter substitution,
so no temp file is created when you boot a disk.

Recall that if T: is not yet assigned, execute tries to use :T.  If a
temp file was created, you could never boot off a write-protected disk!

>In order words, you can fill you Disk up to 100% if and only if you
>are sure that you are not going to boot from that disk.

Not so.

     Peter
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