Path: utzoo!utgpu!watmath!clyde!att!rutgers!gatech!gtss!chas From: chas@gtss.UUCP (Charles Cleveland) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga Subject: Re: path: & 1.3 (also RAD: recovering) Message-ID: <286@gtss.UUCP> Date: 3 Dec 88 00:10:17 GMT References: <284@gtss.UUCP> <385@solaria.csun.edu> Reply-To: chas@gtss.UUCP (Charles Cleveland) Distribution: na Organization: Georgia Tech School of Physics Lines: 63 In article <385@solaria.csun.edu> ecphssrw@trantor.csun.edu (Stephen R. Walton) writes: ) I think you'll be happier if )you simply make path:c read: ) ) sys:c/ ) rad:c/ ) df0:c/ ) df1:c/ ) )(or something similar) which will then search the mounted drives and )no others. You'll still get a requester if there is no floppy at all )in df0: and/or df1:, but I think that is rarely the case. Wouldn't you know it. At last I find someone who knows what I want better than I do. And he's the wrong sex. :-) Actually I don't want to use the path device as a substitute for the PATH command at all. Not even a little, even if I would be happier. I just observed the behavior when checking it out and thought it was awkward. For what I want to do instead it will be fine, because that only involves one unmounted disk. ) I have used PATH: on several other occasions, without any )trouble, under most 1.3 Omegas and the release. ) Thanks for the info. I stopped using my test path device file instead of the PATH command and my GURU's stopped too. Must be some odd interaction. )>This is under 1.3 Kickstart on an Amiga 1000 with a Michigan Insider. ) )This is why RAD: doesn't recover. No recoverable RAM disk can survive )in C00000 RAM, because of the way Kickstart 1.2 (and 1.3) check for )its existence. Only true FAST RAM will work. By God you're right. I thought RAD:, like vd0:, might survive some boots like a simple vulcan nerve pinch, but apparently not. Now I have to decide whether the speed of RAD: under FFS is better than, say, just using RAM: or enjoying the sometimes recoverability of vd0: Well, since my development programs almost never produce GURUs ;-) ... ) )Possible commercial announcement: Bill Hawes says over on BIX that he )has finished a similar Path-Handler which will come with the next )update of WShell. It allows you to simply say: ) Assign C: Sys:c,df0:c,df1:c )(for example). You can also do a Dir C: with his handler, and get the )result you expect, rather than an infinite stream of "Unknown Packet" )errors. Will it support Assign L: sys:L, wp:L, Lattice_C_5.0.1:L ? That is, does the search extend beyond that for commands, but to other referenced files as well? )-- )Stephen Walton, Dept. of Physics & Astronomy, Cal State Univ. Northridge )RCKG01M@CALSTATE.BITNET ecphssrw@afws.csun.edu )swalton@solar.stanford.edu ...!csun!afws.csun.edu!bcphssrw Thanks for responding. -- - It is better for civilization to be going down the drain than to be - - coming up it. -- Henry Allen - Charles Cleveland Georgia Tech School of Physics Atlanta, GA 30332-0430 UUCP: ...!gatech!gtss!chas INTERNET: chas@gtss.gatech.edu