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From: kim@amdahl.uts.amdahl.com (Kim DeVaughn)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: POPcli bug? (was Re: ConMan Question)
Message-ID: <90jTD94ep11010ZOynU@amdahl.uts.amdahl.com>
Date: 27 Jun 88 02:44:44 GMT
References: <1357@tahoe.unr.edu> <6558@jhunix.HCF.JHU.EDU> <2002@ihlpm.ATT.COM>
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In article <2002@ihlpm.ATT.COM>, jmdavis@ihlpm.ATT.COM (Davis) writes:
> While trying to setup a small ram disk with my most popular CLI
> commands I noticed that my PATH ADD command didn't work when I
> opened a new CLI with POPcli, but it was there (the new path)
> when I used CLI from workbench or newcli from cli. I haven't
> had much of a chance to play with this bug, but since we are
> on the subject of CLI and Conman bugs I thougt I would bring
> it up.
>
> Sure, I can get around it by having the POPcli command do a
> path add command, but what a kludge!!!
>
> Does anyone know if DMouse has this bug too?

Well, DMouse does exhibit this behavior ... as to whether it's a *bug* or
not, and whose it is, is an open question.  As I mentioned in a followup
I just posted (about a requester popping up for df0: when DMouse tries to
fire off a new CLI, if the drive is empty), I think this is really a
problem with the compiler's startup code.

I'd bet that the PopCli you are using is PopCli-III.  The older version,
PopCli-II *does* inherit the path, so you can always use it if this is
a real problem for you.

Or maybe try compiling DMouse with the alternate startup code that Carolyn
(I think) posted.  Or just bite the bullet and put the "path" command in
your "from" file.  I'd suggest adding a "cd" command to the dir you want to
be in, up at the top of the "from" file also (see previous followup for why).

/kim


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