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- From: ad010@rrz.uni-koeln.de (Wilhelm Stiefelhagen)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.programmer
- Subject: Re: AmigaDos Assign command
- Message-ID: <1h4jsjINN1hkr@rs1.rrz.Uni-Koeln.DE>
- Date: 21 Dec 92 14:21:07 GMT
- References: <ianm.03r4@laghey.UUCP> <37922@cbmvax.commodore.com>
- Organization: Regional Computing Center, University of Cologne
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- In <37922@cbmvax.commodore.com> jesup@cbmvax.commodore.com (Randell Jesup) writes:
-
- >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.
-
- > Instead of trying to Lock() or Open() "rexx:<file>", it's Lock()ing
- >rexx:, CurrentDir()ing to it, then trying to Open() <file>. Lock() will
- >give you a lock on the first directory. If searching for a specific item,
- >use AddPart() to build a full path first.
-
- >>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:
-
- > How I would handle doing something to each entry in an assign (multi-
- >assign or not):
-
- [stuff deleted]
-
- I think there is a patch who gives you more comfort in using
- multiple assigns (I think the name was DosPatch, mail me, if you
- do not find it). When applieing this patch, a list command will
- show all assigned dirs and so on. (Without this patch, everytime you
- need access to all of the assigned dirs, you will have only
- access to the first one :-) )
-
- Willi
- .
- --
- Wilhelm Stiefelhagen ad010@rrz.uni-koeln.de
-