Path: utzoo!attcan!utgpu!watmath!att!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!gem.mps.ohio-state.edu!rpi!pawl!shadow From: shadow@pawl.rpi.edu (Deven T. Corzine) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.tech Subject: Re: more 1.4 command wishlist Message-ID:Date: 10 Aug 89 06:36:20 GMT References: <1989Aug8.214011.3351@agate.berkeley.edu> <479@tw-rnd.SanDiego.NCR.COM> Sender: usenet@rpi.edu Organization: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY Lines: 21 In-reply-to: johnl@tw-rnd.SanDiego.NCR.COM's message of 9 Aug 89 22:53:54 GMT On 9 Aug 89 22:53:54 GMT, johnl@tw-rnd.SanDiego.NCR.COM (John Lindwall) said: John> It would also cool to have invocation of Arexx scripts without John> prepending 'rx', just like with 1.3 we can run scripts without John> prepending 'execute' to the command line. Perhaps the same John> mechanism that WShell uses could be employed (or maybe a Rexx John> protection bit --- UG- forget I said that!). They really should do this. No need for a separate bit. Use the same script bit, if the first two characters are "/*" then it's an ARexx script. Otherwise, assume it's an Execute script. [Actually, pulling "#!" from Unix scripts would be a good idea.] Deven -- Deven T. Corzine Internet: deven@rpi.edu, shadow@pawl.rpi.edu Snail: 2214 12th Street, Troy, NY 12180 Phone: (518) 271-0750 Bitnet: deven@rpitsmts, userfxb6@rpitsmts UUCP: uunet!rpi!deven Simple things should be simple and complex things should be possible.