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- From: cnbp41@ccsun.strath.ac.uk (Ian MacIntyre)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc
- Subject: Re: Stupid Workbench 2.1 and path command!
- Message-ID: <C1M7M5.Asu@ccsun.strath.ac.uk>
- Date: 29 Jan 93 12:20:28 GMT
- References: <1993Jan27.170837.24522@cs.mun.ca>
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- In article 24522@cs.mun.ca, thom@cs.mun.ca (Thomas Clancy) writes:
- > One thing I dislike about the 2.1 Workbench is:
- >
- > Using the PATH command seems to be restricted to the individual
- > shell.
- >
- > ie: If you open a shell and type PATH DH0:test/ add or PATH DH0:test add
- > ,it adds it alright... but, then open another shell and type "path" the
- > previous added directory has vanished! 8-)
- >
- > The only way to get around it is to modify the Startup-Sequence or
- > the User-Startup file. It seems to remember things that were setup
- > during the boot. 8-)
- >
- >
- > Thomas
- >
- > Perhaps I am doing something wrong... perhaps not...
-
-
- Try typing
- loadwb path
-
- from the first shell you opened. This forces the WB to read in the new paths
- (I think)
-
-
- Ian MacIntyre
- Email at cnbp41@uk.ac.strath.ccsun until June 1993,
- when I become an ex-student
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