From: dac@prolix.apana.org.au (Andrew Clayton)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc
Subject: Problems with ALIAS and scripts under WB3.0
Date: Thu, 17 Dec 1992 14:30:18 GMT
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After having moved over to WB3.0 on the A4000, I found that a few of my
aliases and script files no longer worked correctly.

I'm using Wshell 2.0 and the standard Kickstart/Workbench that came
supplied on my Amiga.

Version reports:

version                   
--> version                       
Kickstart 39.106, Workbench 39.29


Problem 1: If I enter a command that isn't in the path, the machine tries
           to interrogate DF0:.  This is pretty annoying, since I don't
           know what caused it to occur!

           My assigns and path don't reference df0:

Dac> path                
Current_directory           
Ram Disk:                   
Workbench:C                 
Workbench:Utilities         
Workbench:Rexxc             
Workbench:System            
Workbench:S                 
Workbench:Prefs             
Workbench:WBStartup         
Workbench:Tools             
Workbench:Tools/Commodities 
Quantum:sc/c                
Workbench:myc               
Quantum:uucp2/c             
Quantum:uucp2/s             
Quantum:point               
Quantum:paint               
C:

Dac> assign                                   
Volumes:                                         
Ram Disk [Mounted]                               
Work [Mounted]                                   
Quantum [Mounted]                                
Workbench [Mounted]                              
                                                 
Directories:                                     
ADPRO          Quantum:hdisks/fh3/Graphics/newpro
UUman          Quantum:uucp2/man                 
GETTY          Quantum:uucp2/lib                 
UUlib          Quantum:uucp2/lib                 
UUnews         Quantum:newsdir/news              
UUmail         Quantum:uucp2/mail                
UUspool        Quantum:uucp2/spool
UUcp           Quantum:uucp2                     
Dload          Quantum:hdisks/fh3/Comms/downloads
MailText       Quantum:point/pcug/text           
Mail           Quantum:point/pcug                
Paint          Quantum:paint                     
Point          Quantum:point                     
include        Quantum:sc/include                
lib            Quantum:sc/lib                    
sc             Quantum:sc                        
fh3            Quantum:hdisks/fh3                
HELP           <LOCALE:Help>                     
LOCALE         Workbench:Locale                  
KEYMAPS        Workbench:Devs/Keymaps            
PRINTERS       Workbench:Devs/Printers           
REXX           Workbench:rexx/rexx               
CLIPS          Ram Disk:Clipboards               
T              Ram Disk:T                        
ENV            Ram Disk:ENV                      
ENVARC         Workbench:Prefs/Env-Archive       
SYS            Workbench:                        
C              Workbench:C                       
S              Workbench:S                       
             + Quantum:S2.04                     
LIBS           Workbench:Libs                    
             + Workbench:Classes                 
DEVS           Workbench:Devs
DEVS           Workbench:Devs                     
FONTS          Workbench:Fonts                    
L              Workbench:L                        
                                                  
Devices:                                          
CON PIP CNC UUSER NULL                            
PC0 RAM RAW SER PAR                               
PRT HD0 DF0 FH0 DF2                               
HD1                                               

Problem 2: When aliases are expanded I get a '-->xxx' output, where 'xxx'
           is the true command name. Never seen that happen under WB 2.04

           Can this 'feature' be turned off?

           It could be a Wshell 2.0 artifact, but I can't find any
           reference to the feature in the manual.

Problem 3: Using multiple path assigns (assign c:  xxx add) is cool, but
           when any operation is tried on c:, only the first assigned path
           is checked. This makes it somewhat less useful than I had
           thought the feature would be.

Email welcomed. Thanks in advance.

Dac
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dac@prolix.apana.org.au              David Andrew Clayton.           // _| _  _
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