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From: davewt@NCoast.ORG (David Wright)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.tech
Subject: Re: ^G in WorkBench 1.4
Message-ID: <1989Nov12.210334.13884@NCoast.ORG>
Date: 12 Nov 89 21:03:34 GMT
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Reply-To: davewt@ncoast.ORG (David Wright)
Organization: North Coast Public Access UN*X, Cleveland, OH
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	I agree. I hare it when people use system directories (s: is the
worst) to look for their files. The only argument that even makes a little
sense is that it allows them to have a "normal" boot disk come up with the
directories assigned. This still makes no sense however, as there are
several ways inside the program itself they could handle situations where
it comes up without the desired directory being assigned. I think that
if a program needs files, it should
 
	1) Look in the CD first
	2) If it can't find the file there, it should then check the
		assigned directory, if any
	3) FINALLY check the AmigaDOS assigned dir.
 
Nag is another one that uses the s: dir for things other than scripts,
and creates many files in s: to boot...