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Installation Guide to
ASH
A ksh-like Shell for the Amiga
Version 1.0
(Copyright) 1989
Steve Koren
November 7, 1989
Installing Ash
This section descibes how to install Ash. It is vitally
important that all the steps be performed. If they are not,
Ash will not operate correctly.
1) First, copy the .ashinit and .ashrc files to the 's:'
directory. Ash needs these two files to start
correctly, and they must be in the 's:' directory.
2) Copy the ash binary itself to a location in your
AmigaDos search path. You can be fairly sure the 'c:'
directory is in your search path. If you have
modified your path, there may be other potential
locations as well.
3) Make sure that 't:' points to a fast device suitable
for storing temporary files. A sub-directory on a ram
disk is best. For example,
makedir ram:tmp
assign t: ram:tmp
You will probably want to insert some commands like
these into your startup-sequence, if they are not
already there. Ash uses temporary files only when
absolutely necessary, but some types of Ash commands
will not function properly without them (see command
subtitution, for example).
4) Ash needs a stack size of at least 15000 bytes in
order to run properly. You can manually set the stack
size to 15000 bytes using the AmigaDos stack command
before you run Ash, or you can insert 'stack 15000'
into your startup sequence (recommended).
5) The following files need to be copied to a location
which is in your Ash search path (although not
necessarily in your AmigaDos search path):
cmp
head
strings
tail
wc
xd
You can create a directory called "sys:bin" which
contains these commands. The supplied .ashrc file
automatically adds this directory to the search path.
ASH Amiga Shell Page 2 Installation Guide
6) This step is optional, but recommended. The default
name for the ram disk is "RAM DISK:". The space will
make some things difficult to do (but not impossible)
in Ash. I recommend that you change the default name
of the ram disk in your startup-sequence to something
like the following:
relabel ram: RAM_DISK
The only difference is that the space has been
replaced by an underscore, and it will make your life
much easier.
7) Lastly, you must have arp.library installed in your
system in the LIBS: directory. If you are not sure
how to do this, see the arp documentation. arp is
available on most Amiga BBS systems.
ASH Amiga Shell Page 3 Installation Guide