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- Why (1.3, 2.x, 3.x in C:)
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- NAME
- Why - Used to get additional information about failing
- commands.
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- SYNOPSIS
- WHY
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- DESCRIPTION
- AmigaDOS has this little command that MSDos and
- System 7 users can only dream about. MSDos nor System 7
- gives the user any kind of feedback when a command fails
- to run. The few messages they do send you are confusing
- and make sense only to Bill Gates (maybe). When AmigaDOS
- hits a problem, what happens? You get a nice little
- requestor telling you what was wrong and probably a
- suggestion on how to fix it. If you send the Why command
- right after this happens, you can get additional info on
- the command failure and more details (in simple English)
- on what can be done to correct it.
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- Sometimes, Why will send back a failure code in the
- form of a number. You can use the Fault command to
- analyze this number and investigate more fully the fault
- code.
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- If you issue Why after a command that executed
- successfully (or did the failed command has issued all
- the information available) you will get the message: "The
- last command did not set a return code."
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- KEYWORDS
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- There are no keywords.
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- EXAMPLES
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- 1. What happens when a Why is issued after a RUN
- command fails to run:
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- 1> RUN GrooveyGame
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- RUN: Can't run GrooveyGame
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- 1> WHY
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- Last command failed because file not found
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