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- Short: AmigaDOS For Beginners (& Others) .guide
- Author: bunton@acay.com.au (Frank Bunton)
- Uploader: bunton@acay.com.au (Frank Bunton)
- Version: 3.11
- Type: docs/help
- Replaces: docs/help/adosbegin.lha
- Requires: Amigaguide or Multiview (See note for WB1.x below)
-
- Distribution: * Commercial Magazines and CDs must request permission
- from author to include this version.
- * Non commercially, this freeware version can be distributed
- anywhere.
- * Aminet CDs & Fish CDs may include this version.
-
- Update Information:
- -------------------
-
- No changes to actual contents from v3.1
-
- AmigaDOS For Beginners is now copyright FREEWARE
-
- The reason for this is that it is now out of date as it does not cover
- the latest version of AmigaDOS (v3.5) and I have no intention of updating
- it at this stage or in the foreseeable future.
-
- I never thought I would reach this stage but I feel that the Amiga has well
- and truly "missed the boat" and is too far behind other computer technology
- to be realistically usable in the ever changing world of computers and the
- internet.
-
- Maybe one day the present owners will change all this but I cannot afford
- to wait and see and I am not willing to spend any more time or money on my
- Amiga until the unbelievable happens and a new Amiga emerges that can
- really compete with modern computers.
-
- So, in the meantime, use it freely for non-profit purposes and enjoy!
-
-
- Description:
- ------------
-
- This is a set of Amigaguide documents containing (approximately):-
-
- 73 Articles
- 1 Glossary
- 50 Example AmigaDOS scripts
-
- There is about 1.12 megabyte of data so a HARD DRIVE will be required.
-
- It is aimed at the beginner in AmigaDOS but can also be used by more
- experienced AmigaDOS users as a reference.
-
- The articles and glossary are heavily cross referenced making it easy
- to jump from the article to an explanation of terminology or to another
- article for further information.
-
- This Aminet release (Demo Version) has a lot of the articles ENCRYPTED.
-
- Those paying the SHAREWARE fee will receive instructions for accessing
- the encrypted parts.
-
- NOTE for users of Workbench 1.3 and earlier.
-
- An earlier version of AmigaDOS For Beginners that uses a hypertext
- program that is NOT Amigaguide or Multiview is available on request
- for users of Workbench 1.3 and earlier.
-
- This version has NOT been updated to take into account changes in
- AmigaDOS from 3.0 onwards.
-
- This is on 1 disk so it can be managed without a hard drive
-
- What "AMIGADOS For Beginners" is NOT:-
- -------------------------------------
-
- It is NOT a replacement for the AmigaDOS manual.
-
- While every AmigaDOS command is covered, "AmigaDOS For Beginners" is not
- intended to be a full and definitive description of the format or template
- of all these commands. If you want that sort of thing then read the
- AmigaDOS manual.
-
- What "AmigaDOS For Beginners" IS:-
- ----------------------------------
-
- What "AmigaDOS For Beginners" DOES attempt to do is to provide the beginner
- with an introduction to the use of AmigaDOS by providing information and
- examples of the AmigaDOS commands and techniques in a way that takes the
- user through various instructions and functions and their main options
- without getting too tied up in their format or template.
-
- In my experience, most beginners cannot quickly understand the formats or
- templates given in texts about AmigaDOS. By following through these notes,
- it is hoped that the beginner can become familiar with the main options of
- most instructions and functions without needing to worry about formats and
- templates.
-
- So... whereas I may not always give you the FULL story about an AmigaDOS
- command all in the one article I WILL attempt to cover it all by the time
- you have read through to the last article. However, if you want the full
- story all at once, all you need to do is double click on the highlighted
- references to follow through to later articles and read the whole story.
-
-
- Frank Bunton bunton@acay.com.au http://www.acay.com.au/~bunton
-
-
- ============================= Archive contents =============================
-
- Original Packed Ratio Date Time Name
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- 1627 359 77.9% 24-Jun-00 14:39:10 +adosbegin.readme.info
- 2148 253 88.2% 24-Jun-00 14:39:10 +INDEX.info
- 1627 360 77.8% 24-Jun-00 14:39:10 +Installation_Notes.info
- 628 271 56.8% 24-Jun-00 14:39:08 +PARTS_31-40.info
- 39179 12775 67.3% 05-Feb-98 13:51:28 +71.STARTUP-SEQUENCE_FILES
- 471 257 45.4% 04-Sep-94 12:11:28 +Example-73.2
- 1768 857 51.5% 26-Jun-97 13:20:12 +Path_Setting
- 1627 360 77.8% 24-Jun-00 14:39:08 +Path_Setting.info
- 3269 1533 53.1% 03-Feb-98 14:59:16 +72.SHELL-STARTUP_FILES
- 8874 3098 65.0% 03-Feb-98 14:59:30 +73.PCD_SCRIPT
- 12209 4417 63.8% 05-Feb-98 14:02:42 +75.DPAT_SCRIPT
- 14553 5574 61.6% 05-Feb-98 16:20:38 +76.MOVE_SCRIPT
- 372 224 39.7% 04-Sep-94 12:06:08 +Example-73.1
- 463 299 35.4% 04-Sep-94 14:36:34 +Example-74.1
- 1505 650 56.8% 04-Sep-94 14:43:26 +Example-76.1
- 28 28 0.0% 02-Jun-97 16:00:04 +66.Pattern_Test
- 45 45 0.0% 01-Jan-80 00:00:00 +66.Title_Test
- 385 236 38.7% 23-Jun-97 16:04:02 +Example-66.4
- 277 194 29.9% 03-Jun-97 09:19:14 +Example-66.5
- 111 101 9.0% 05-Jun-97 11:00:10 +Example-67.1
- 803 265 66.9% 05-Jun-97 11:37:12 +Example-67.1.script
- 9882 3845 61.0% 05-Feb-98 14:04:24 +74.SPAT_SCRIPT
- 5688 2038 64.1% 03-Feb-98 14:57:12 +61.FILENOTE
- 11000 3860 64.9% 05-Feb-98 13:55:58 +65.MISC_STARTUP_COMMANDS
- 28570 8196 71.3% 05-Feb-98 13:37:10 +66.REQUESTER_COMMANDS
- 24238 7319 69.8% 03-Feb-98 14:58:46 +67.MISC_COMMANDS_OTHER
- 296 156 47.2% 29-May-97 11:15:50 +Example-66.1
- 471 246 47.7% 29-May-97 11:27:16 +Example-66.2
- 469 241 48.6% 29-May-97 12:00:32 +Example-66.3
- 1788 927 48.1% 03-Feb-98 14:53:36 +51.BINDDRIVERS
- 6305 2381 62.2% 05-Feb-98 12:46:46 +52.SETPATCH
- 8113 2780 65.7% 03-Feb-98 14:54:12 +53.LOADWB
- 3814 1600 58.0% 03-Feb-98 14:55:42 +55.INFO_COMMAND
- 4792 1936 59.5% 03-Feb-98 14:57:28 +62.CHANGETASKPRI
- 16191 4971 69.2% 03-Feb-98 14:57:48 +63.FORMAT_&_TEMPLATE
- 8615 3103 63.9% 03-Feb-98 14:58:00 +64.BOOTABLE_DISKS
- 27125 8561 68.4% 24-Jun-00 12:20:22 +54.VERSION
- 22932 7050 69.2% 03-Feb-98 14:55:56 +56.SEARCH
- 5673 2038 64.0% 03-Feb-98 14:56:12 +57.DISKCOPY
- 3772 1666 55.8% 03-Feb-98 14:56:26 +58.DISKDOCTOR
- 4765 1907 59.9% 03-Feb-98 14:56:40 +59.LOCK
- 3408 1458 57.2% 03-Feb-98 14:56:56 +60.STACK
- 279 205 26.5% 14-Sep-94 00:14:08 +Example-56.2
- 329 215 34.6% 14-Sep-94 00:14:20 +Example-56.3
- 21134 7400 64.9% 05-Feb-98 11:08:08 +41.EVAL
- 6821 2357 65.4% 03-Feb-98 14:50:22 +42.STATUS
- 9236 3100 66.4% 03-Feb-98 14:51:06 +45.PROMPT
- 291 200 31.2% 13-Sep-94 23:50:32 +Example-41.1
- 691 331 52.0% 14-Jun-97 10:59:28 +Example-41.2
- 264 191 27.6% 20-Jun-97 15:34:20 +Example-41.3
- 752 223 70.3% 14-Jun-97 12:03:24 +Example-43.2
- 274 201 26.6% 14-Sep-94 00:13:56 +Example-56.1
- 10245 3774 63.1% 03-Feb-98 14:50:44 +43.BREAK
- 14850 5029 66.1% 03-Feb-98 15:12:30 +44.CLOCK_COMMANDS
- 7700 2511 67.3% 05-Feb-98 12:23:36 +46.DELETE
- 14671 5035 65.6% 05-Feb-98 12:29:14 +47.JOIN
- 4532 1865 58.8% 03-Feb-98 14:52:52 +49.AVAIL
- 8866 3313 62.6% 03-Feb-98 14:53:12 +50.ADDBUFFERS
- 77 75 2.5% 13-Sep-94 23:50:44 +Example-43.1
- 1109 472 57.4% 13-Sep-94 23:51:02 +Example-47.1
- 4838 2089 56.8% 05-Feb-98 10:21:22 +31.WAIT
- 11016 3972 63.9% 05-Feb-98 10:25:32 +32.WINDOW_SPECS
- 12164 4850 60.1% 05-Feb-98 10:36:38 +35.ALIAS_OR_SCRIPT
- 466 235 49.5% 22-Sep-94 09:27:06 +Example-33.1.info
- 115 108 6.0% 11-Sep-94 10:14:44 +Example-33.1a
- 466 239 48.7% 22-Sep-94 09:27:10 +Example-33.3.info
- 17333 6317 63.5% 05-Feb-98 12:40:08 +48.MOUNT
- 10917 4143 62.0% 05-Feb-98 10:29:20 +33.ICONX
- 16805 5717 65.9% 04-Feb-98 12:30:00 +34.ALIAS
- 27930 9220 66.9% 05-Feb-98 11:03:38 +40.ENV-VARIABLES
- 406 262 35.4% 11-Sep-94 10:14:38 +Example-31.1
- 520 289 44.4% 22-Sep-94 09:27:10 +Example-33.1a.info
- 82 71 13.4% 13-Sep-94 23:43:38 +Example-40.3
- 80 69 13.7% 13-Sep-94 23:43:52 +Example-40.4
- 114 107 6.1% 11-Sep-94 10:14:42 +Example-33.1
- 54 54 0.0% 08-Apr-96 12:28:06 +Example-33.2
- 466 236 49.3% 22-Sep-94 09:27:10 +Example-33.2.info
- 74 73 1.3% 11-Sep-94 10:14:56 +Example-33.3
- 217 152 29.9% 12-Sep-94 13:20:40 +Example-33.4
- 121 100 17.3% 13-Sep-94 23:43:10 +Example-40.1
- 328 216 34.1% 11-Jun-97 20:27:06 +Example-40.2
- 4596 1732 62.3% 06-Feb-98 10:23:38 +36.WHICH
- 2461 1156 53.0% 03-Feb-98 15:07:48 +37.WHY
- 2269 1117 50.7% 03-Feb-98 15:08:00 +38.FAULT
- 20826 7053 66.1% 03-Feb-98 14:49:28 +39.EXECUTE_&_DOT
- 188 141 25.0% 13-Sep-94 23:42:12 +Example-39.6
- 81 81 0.0% 13-Sep-94 23:42:26 +Example-39.7
- 79 79 0.0% 13-Sep-94 23:42:42 +Example-39.8
- 89 89 0.0% 13-Sep-94 23:42:56 +Example-39.9
- 123 101 17.8% 11-Sep-94 10:14:40 +Example-32.1
- 399 252 36.8% 11-Sep-94 10:14:42 +Example-32.2
- 85 81 4.7% 13-Sep-94 23:39:56 +Example-39.1
- 97 95 2.0% 13-Sep-94 23:41:08 +Example-39.2
- 87 78 10.3% 13-Sep-94 23:41:26 +Example-39.3
- 126 106 15.8% 13-Sep-94 23:41:42 +Example-39.4
- 141 117 17.0% 13-Sep-94 23:41:58 +Example-39.5
- 23375 7514 67.8% 04-Feb-98 14:43:58 +21.ECHO
- 10351 3234 68.7% 04-Feb-98 13:28:24 +23.PROTECT
- 11223 4241 62.2% 03-Feb-98 14:45:46 +25.SCRIPT_FILES
- 247 166 32.7% 11-Sep-94 10:15:52 +Example-25.1
- 361 128 64.5% 19-Jun-97 21:06:44 +Example-26.3
- 221 146 33.9% 11-Sep-94 10:15:58 +Example-27.1
- 383 231 39.6% 11-Sep-94 10:16:00 +Example-28.1
- 347 219 36.8% 20-Jun-97 09:22:08 +Example-29.1
- 16238 4236 73.9% 05-Feb-98 13:40:36 +22.PATTERN_MATCHING
- 25609 8641 66.2% 04-Feb-98 15:36:56 +24.RESIDENT
- 144 108 25.0% 11-Sep-94 10:15:54 +Example-26.1
- 149 110 26.1% 11-Sep-94 10:15:56 +Example-26.2
- 138 127 7.9% 12-Sep-94 11:45:56 +Example-30.1
- 142 105 26.0% 12-Sep-94 11:49:46 +Example-30.2
- 139 104 25.1% 12-Sep-94 11:49:46 +Example-30.3
- 14969 5005 66.5% 04-Feb-98 13:38:30 +13.LIST
- 15715 5124 67.3% 04-Feb-98 14:09:44 +18.PATH
- 12592 4868 61.3% 03-Feb-98 14:43:18 +19.DEVICES
- 8914 3259 63.4% 04-Feb-98 15:44:10 +26.IF_ELSE_ENDIF
- 4172 1975 52.6% 06-Feb-98 09:25:24 +27.ASK
- 3464 1495 56.8% 03-Feb-98 14:46:24 +28.SKIP_&_LAB
- 6382 2591 59.4% 04-Feb-98 15:42:42 +29.FAILAT_&_RETURN_CODE
- 5001 2184 56.3% 03-Feb-98 14:46:48 +30.QUIT
- 12568 4818 61.6% 03-Feb-98 14:39:26 +03.DIRS_FILES_PATHS
- 9405 3114 66.8% 04-Feb-98 15:14:18 +11.RENAME
- 8601 3267 62.0% 04-Feb-98 12:39:48 +12.TYPE
- 7549 2831 62.4% 04-Feb-98 13:43:12 +14.SORT
- 11678 4076 65.0% 03-Feb-98 14:42:24 +15.COPY
- 9720 3557 63.4% 04-Feb-98 13:52:32 +16.FORMAT
- 9491 3406 64.1% 03-Feb-98 14:42:56 +17.INSTALL
- 30082 9186 69.4% 03-Apr-98 20:20:14 +20.ASSIGN
- 4879 2040 58.1% 03-Feb-98 14:39:12 +02.AMIGADOS_&_CLI
- 33526 11349 66.1% 04-Feb-98 12:33:16 +04.USING_SHELL-CLI
- 14086 5394 61.7% 03-Feb-98 14:40:06 +05.COMMANDS
- 5711 2251 60.5% 03-Feb-98 14:40:22 +06.NEWCLI-ENDCLI
- 4257 1805 57.5% 03-Feb-98 16:38:38 +07.CD
- 7903 2700 65.8% 06-Feb-98 09:18:42 +08.DIR
- 4803 1990 58.5% 05-Feb-98 11:14:36 +09.RUN
- 3057 1326 56.6% 03-Feb-98 14:41:12 +10.MAKEDIR
- 4091 1845 54.9% 24-Jun-00 11:12:16 +adosbegin.readme
- 683 418 38.7% 03-Feb-98 15:11:54 +INDEX
- 621 356 42.6% 24-Jun-00 10:52:30 +Installation_Notes
- 70888 23490 66.8% 05-Feb-98 16:46:32 +Glossary
- 3569 1372 61.5% 03-Feb-98 14:32:32 +Help
- 60160 11859 80.2% 24-Jun-00 12:12:36 +Index.Text
- 14705 5164 64.8% 24-Jun-00 11:16:16 +READ_ME_FIRST!!
- 20253 7180 64.5% 24-Jun-00 14:24:22 +Using_ADB
- 9477 3641 61.5% 03-Feb-98 14:38:38 +01.INTRODUCTION
- 2200 384 82.5% 24-Jun-00 14:39:10 AmigaDOS_For_Beginners.info
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