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- Subject: _PCHAR/_MCHAR/OLDREDIRECT
- Date: Sun, 28 Jan 96 18:36:32 GMT
- Message-ID: <68771273@0humpty.tomate.tng.oche.de>
- From: humpty@TOMATE.TNG.OCHE.DE (Andreas Mixich)
-
-
- Hi,
-
- I read in the Amiga FAQ about the variables _mchar and _pchar, which also were
- defined in my shell-startup as:
-
- set _pchar "|"
- set _mchar "||"
-
- While I remember _pchar worked when used as pipe, _mchar, which is supposed to
- allow multiple commands on the console or in a script in one line, does not
- work. It seems, this won't work in scripts, because the variables are local to
- the curent shell. But also when using _mchar in a shell it does not work.
-
- I tried
-
- cd ram: || list
- and
- cd ram:||list
-
- First one lists the current dir, but did not 'CD'. The last one simply fails.
-
- Another thing I noticed when monitoring DOS with SnoopDOS was the variable
-
- oldredirect
-
- I am interested in what this variable means. Maybe something to do with Kick
- 1.3 ? Thank you.
-
- BTW: Am I supposing right that the ENV variable 'copyflags' is not
- supported under OS3.0 ? Or do I have another 'Copy' than the original
- one ?
-
- --
- Ciao, Andreas
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