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Some users of hard disks still like the greater speed of a RAM disk.  As a convenience to them, RamStart may be controlled by a script file, a short TEXT-only document that lists the files to be copied.  Using scripts, only one copy of RamStart is needed on the hard disk -- short script files in each folder or volume control RamStart.  System files may be included from the startup volume or directory by using a path name, e.g., "StartUp:System".  Several special filenames are also allowed:  "+Ä" (plus option-f) will copy all the files in the same folder as the script; lines starting with a space, "*", or empty lines are ignored; and "=<application name>" sets the application to be run when RamStart finishes.  (RamStart treats that named file as if it were the Finder; it should be named at the beginning of the script file to ensure that it is noticed when it is copied.)  An example script file is:

       =MacWrite
       Startup:System
       Startup:Finder
       Startup:ImageWriter
       +Ä

Name the script file with an extention of ".RAM", e.g., "Write.ram".  After making the script with the editor of your choice, you need to attach it to RamStart.  You may use Set File or ResEdit to do this, setting the creator to "GANr", or you may place it in the same folder as RamStart, select them both, and open RamStart.  When RamStart finishes Ñ and you may even click Cancel Ñ the script will show a RamStart icon, and opening it will start RamStart.  The script may now be placed in the folder where it will be used, and its name may be changed to whatever you like.  The same script may be used in several folders (as long as it doesn't name an application to quit to).

If several files are selected and the script is opened, the other files will be passed on to the application the script specifies.  Thus, in the example above, a MacWrite document could be selected with the script to cause MacWrite to start up with that file open for editing.

RamStart may be set to be the startup application.  To use a script, place it in RamStart's data fork with MDS Edit.  Using a Finder before 5.0, select both RamStart and MDS Edit and open MDS Edit.  (Newer Finders have brain-damage.)'