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From: andy@cbmvax.commodore.com (Andy Finkel)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.advocacy
Subject: Re: How to improve Workbench 2.0!
Message-ID: <18543@cbmvax.commodore.com>
Date: 4 Feb 91 17:49:20 GMT
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In article <1991Feb3.101342.8383@news.iastate.edu> skank@iastate.edu (Skank George L) writes:
>
>     I'm not sure if this is needed, but how 'bout a REXX bit in the file
>system, like the pure bit except for REXX programs, then when you type a
>filename with the REXX bit set it sends the input to the REXX interpreter
>and you don't have to keep typing 'rx filename' (maybe this isn't needed,
>it's been a month or two since I last read my AREXX docs).

We have one of those; we use the script bit.  If the script
bit is set, the shell knows its a script, and looks at
the file to determine what interpreter wants to handle it.

It's kind of extensible, by letting the execute command
make the decision as to what interpreter gets to run
the script.

			andy

>							--George

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