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From: lphillips@lpami.wimsey.bc.ca (Larry Phillips)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.tech
Subject: Re:  What's Wrong with ARP!!!!
Message-ID: <2467@lpami.wimsey.bc.ca>
Date: 3 Jan 91 19:44:51 GMT
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In <7448@sugar.hackercorp.com>, peter@sugar.hackercorp.com (Peter da Silva) writes:
>In article <2450@lpami.wimsey.bc.ca> lphillips@lpami.wimsey.bc.ca (Larry Phillips) writes:
>> >NEVER stick anything in C: that's not part of the distribution. It's just
>> >asking for trouble.
>
>[Larry lists his C:]
>> 508 files - 4 directories - 19696 blocks - 9625879 bytes
>
>OK, why? What's wrong with path:?

Path is braindead. One day I will write an ARexx front-end for it so that I can
delete one entry in the path, or insert an entry, without having to muck about
doing things to it manually. I only use PATH under a few circumstances, and
then I like to reset it and forget about it.

>> I NEVER let anyone mess with my C: directory. Not even by remote control,
>> via scripts. :-)
>
>You obviously don't have people coming over while you're at work, when your
>wife doesn't now enough about the machine to keep an eye on them.

Right. I am pretty much the sole user of my machines. My wife plays the
occasional game, or writes a few letters, but for the most part, it's under my
direct control.

-larry

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