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- From: joeles@cup.portal.com (Joel Edward Swan)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.introduction
- Subject: Re: how do I get rid of trashcan?
- Date: 11 Jan 1996 22:40:03 -0800
- Organization: The Portal System (TM)
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- >Hello,
- >
- > ALB> Workbench:> cd games:
- > ALB> Games:> delete trashcan#?
- > ALB> Trashcan...deleted
- > ALB> Trashcan.info...deleted
- > ALB> Games:>
- >
- > I'm curious about something...why do a lot of people with Workbench 2.x to
- >3.x still type "cd" when just the path is needed? Typing "cd" is no longer
- >needed as the system will do it for you. Except, of course, when you have
- >Space in the filename then you have to type:
- >
- >Games:> cd "Go Here"
- >
- > As before, just curious.
- >--
- > /\ A >> PROUD << member of *>_TEAM AMIGA_<* /\
- > AMIGA 2000, 1 Meg of CHIP Memory (Graphics/Sound Memory) & 8 Megs of FAST
- > Memory (For Programs & whatever). 100% real *Multitasking* since 1982. All
- > memort available to me at Startup. A 540 Meg Harddrive & 2 Low Density
- > Floppies. No Slowdown when *Multitasking*. And Hooked into my Stereo!
- > /\ A link to the Future: HTTP://www.amiga.de /\
- >
- >Windows NT [Not Today. Not Tommorrow, maybe Next Time]
- >
-
- There are a few reasons:
-
- 1. The directory may be the same name as an executable.
- 2. Speed. Yes, speed. Without the "cd", your entire path is first
- searched to see if the command is an executable. With large paths like
- mine, that may take a few seconds. It's faster for me to type cd than to
- wait for the path to be searched.
-
-
- -Joel
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