Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!apple!bloom-beacon!husc6!spdcc!lexicon!fc From: fc@lexicon.com (Frank Cunningham) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga Subject: newshell inheriting path ?? Message-ID: <474@lexicon.com> Date: 10 Jul 89 13:43:14 GMT Organization: Lexicon, Inc., Waltham, MA Lines: 14 Why might it be that when autobooting and running from a hard disk, a workbench icon started newshell does not inherit the search path setup by the startup-sequence ? My ss leaves a newshell up when its done. It has the correct paths, and all CLI-started newshells started from it also have the correct path. But, the Newshell icon starts shells that only search cd and C: Please email any suggestions, unless you think the answer is simple and general. I will post the email summary. -- -Frank Cunningham smart: fc@lexicon.com dumb: {husc6,linus,harvard,bbn}!spdcc!lexicon!fc phone: (617) 891-6790