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Article #31820Re: Enough already! (Was: AUTO-exec sequence)
From: Ashwin Ram
Date: Mon, 11 Apr 1988 01:10
Date: Mon, 11 Apr 1988 01:10
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In article <28139@felix.UUCP>, preston@felix (Preston Bannister) writes:
>
> The first day I had my ST I read (in the documentation) that the order
> that programs are run is their order in the \AUTO folder.
>
> It makes sense if you put yourself in the place of the guy writing the
> TOS code.
Actually, it makes more sense not to rely on the order of the files in any
directory at all (especially if you don't supply a 'Sort by order' option), but
rather to designate a special file which contains a list of the programs to be
run in the order in which you want them run. Advantages:
1. Easy to specify program args too.
2. Easy for the user to edit and change (compare with copying files in and out
of the AUTO folder). Harder to make a mistake.
3. Easy to upgrade to a real shell script, if and when...
-- Ashwin.
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!mnetor!uunet!husc6!yale!Ram-Ashwin From: Ram-Ashwin@cs.yale.edu (Ashwin Ram) Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st Subject: Re: Enough already! (Was: AUTO-exec sequence) Message-ID: <26858@yale-celray.yale.UUCP> Date: 11 Apr 88 01:10:42 GMT References: <28139@felix.UUCP> Sender: root@yale.UUCP Reply-To: Ram-Ashwin@cs.yale.edu (Ashwin Ram) Organization: Computer Science, Yale University, New Haven, CT 06520-2158 Lines: 23 In-reply-to: preston@felix.UUCP (Preston Bannister)