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From: bruceb@amiga.UUCP (Bruce Barrett)
Newsgroups: net.micro.amiga
Subject: Re: startup files  + diskcopy  (Longer than I thought)
Message-ID: <219@amiga.amiga.UUCP>
Date: Sun, 10-Nov-85 14:21:17 EST
Article-I.D.: amiga.219
Posted: Sun Nov 10 14:21:17 1985
Date-Received: Mon, 11-Nov-85 06:44:14 EST
References: <269@kovacs.UUCP>
Reply-To: bruceb@hunter.UUCP (Bruce Barrett)
Organization: Commodore-Amiga Inc., 983 University Ave #D, Los Gatos CA 95030
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Keywords: diskcopy, cli, boot

>	  When the workbench  disk  boots,  it  calls  a  file  called
>	Startup-Sequence  in  /s.  Is  there  a  similar  file that is
>	automatically called when the CLI is started up?

Yes, and no... 
	"Yes" the :s/Startup-Sequence file is executed every time you
	boot your system.  If you remove the "LOADWB" and/or the "ENDCLI"
	commands in the current startup-sequence, and add your own commands
	you will be left in the CLI with your environment set up the way
	you like.  (Many developers used "Workbench diskettes" striped
	of everything but CLI style commands.  No need to run WB, then
	(re)open the CLI.

	And "no", neither opening the CLI icon or typing "newcli"
	will execute any startup files.

>	  Also, I tried using the icon-driven  diskcopy  in  workbench
>	and  got a very cryptic set of instructions.  I wound up using
>	the CLI version instead.  Anybody know how to  work  the  icon
>	version?

	If you got a copy of "Intro to Amiga" (I guess a lot of developers
	have not, based on what I hear here) It describes how to diskcopy.
	Basicly you have 3 options:

	1) On a 1 drive system the best bet is to:  Boot Workbench, insert
	the diskette you wish to copy, use the menu button to choose
	Workbench-Duplicate.  Swap 3 times (512k system) and you're done.
	
	2) On a 2 drive system: insert the disketteS you want to copy
	FROM and TO, drag the FROM diskette over the TO diskette.  This
	will work even if the TO diskette is uninitialized.  In this case
	the to diskette will have a name like DF1:BAD or DF1:NODOS.

	3) If you insist on clicking the diskcopy Icon to do your copies
	(there really is no need to) do it as follows: Insert both 
	diskettes, hold down the shift key, select (with mouse) the FROM,
	then the TO diskette icons, keeping the shift key depressed 
	double click the diskcopy ICON.

One last word of advice / Warning??:

	When the requester asks for "Foo" (from disk) and "Bar" (to
	disk) it really DOES NOT CARE what disk you put where.  It will
	copy from DFx: to DFy: without regard to volume labels,...

	Hope this helps and happy hacking!