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Article #10362ARexx path question
From: Scott Denham
Date: Fri, 25 Nov 1988 09:35
Date: Fri, 25 Nov 1988 09:35
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I know there has been some recent discussion of ARexx and the current
path and directory assignments, but I think I must have missed something.
Apparently DOS commands run from an ARexx script inherit the "default"
settings for both the path and the current directory - but the work-
around I thought should have worked doesn't seem to. Rather than, say
'delete ram:temp' with ram:c at the head of the path string, I used
'ram:c/delete ram:temp', etc. I still get the blasted requestor to re-
insert the workbench disk I bted from. It seems to all come down to
the C: pseudo-device; if I assign C: to RAM:C, evething works as I
would have expected. If I assign C: to RAM:, the script runs but does
not invoke any of the commands in it, even though they all contain
explicit paths (I.E. SYS1:bin/cc ...) Anyone know whaC: is being
accessed for here ??? Will I be horribly embarassed when I wake up in
the morning and discover I missed something obvious in my turkey-induced
stupor ????
Scott Denham
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!attcan!uunet!husc6!rutgers!bellcore!texbell!sugar!ssd From: ssd@sugar.uu.net (Scott Denham) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.tech Subject: ARexx path question Keywords: ARexx, C:, path Message-ID: <3015@sugar.uu.net> Date: 25 Nov 88 09:35:36 GMT Organization: Sugar Land Unix - Houston, TX Lines: 18