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- From: cpc@shell.portal.com (Chris Cebelenski)
- Subject: Re: AmigaDos Assign command
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- References: <ianm.03r4@laghey.UUCP>
- Date: Thu, 17 Dec 1992 03:14:34 GMT
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- In article <ianm.03r4@laghey.UUCP> ianm@laghey.UUCP (Ian Moran) writes:
- >I have noticed strange behaviour with the 'assign' command under 2.04 and
- >above. If I take advantage of the multiple assign facility thus :
- >
- > assign rexx: s: dh0:turbotext/rexx
- >
- >Then Arexx macros will not be located under Turbotext which is contrary to
- >what I would expect, only s: is searched.
- >
- >Also, why do few (if any) file requesters follow multiple assigned
- >paths similar to the above. If I enter rexx: in the C= requester then I will
- >get only the contents of s:
- >
- Actually, I've found that most directory programs will not follow multiple
- ASSIGN's. On my system, even LIST won't follow them. Is there a correct
- way to program this? (Obviously people are doing SOMETHING wrong..)
-
- cpc
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