Path: utzoo!attcan!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!ncar!tank!eecae!cps3xx!usenet From: usenet@cps3xx.UUCP (Usenet file owner) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.tech Subject: Re: Want multiple default directories Message-ID: <4741@cps3xx.UUCP> Date: 25 Sep 89 12:54:53 GMT References: <624@tardis.Tymnet.COM> Reply-To: porkka@frith.UUCP (Joe Porkka) Organization: Michigan State University Lines: 17 In article <624@tardis.Tymnet.COM> jms@tardis.Tymnet.COM (Joe Smith) writes: > >The idea is to have a directory (or list of directories) to be searched >if a file is openned for input and not found in the current default >directory. TOPS-10 called this the LIB PPN and/or the LIB: pathological >device. MS-DOS 3.20 calls it the APPEND command. (I don't like that name.) It would be nice if this happened automatically, at least for workbench. This would eliminate the problem of projects not finding their tools becuase the tool was moved. It could be added to a disks .info file. It would also greatly simplify installing new programs by eliminating the need to move L: and LIBS: and DEVS: files to a central place. REAL NAME: Joe Porkka jap@frith.egr.msu.edu