Re: Changing Directories

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From: Peter da Silva
Date: Tue, 12 Apr 1988 13:09

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>first created, its pr_CurrentDir is set to zero, rather than some specific
>lock.  With the BCPL commands, this zero lock "assumes" the SYS: directory.

Actually, the zero lock assumes the boot device. Unless you never reassign
sys: and never do anything with your boot disk then this is not guaranteed
to be sys:.
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From: peter@sugar.UUCP (Peter da Silva)
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Subject: Re: Changing Directories
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Date: 12 Apr 88 13:09:45 GMT
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