Path: utzoo!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!usc!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!caen!kuhub.cc.ukans.edu!markv From: markv@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.programmer Subject: Re: Does ARP have problems? Message-ID: <29037.27dcf1b7@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu> Date: 12 Mar 91 21:20:23 GMT References: <1991Mar7.201652.27356@javelin.es.com> <7750@jhunix.HCF.JHU.EDU> Organization: University of Kansas Academic Computing Services Lines: 37 In article <7750@jhunix.HCF.JHU.EDU>, barrett@jhunix.HCF.JHU.EDU (Dan Barrett) writes: >In article peter@cutmcvax.cs.curtin.edu.au (Peter Wemm) writes: >>It is interesting to note that almost **EVERYTHING** in arp is now in 2.0 >>somewhere. > > Except for command-line unnamed pipes, like: > > $ info | sort | more > > This is the only reason I am still using the ARP Shell rather than the > CBM shell. If I had to choose one more feature for the CBM shell, this > would be it. Even MS-DOG has this syntax (yes, I know that it doesn't > implement real pipes). I've pretty well tossed ARP, but I keep RENAME around (rename without real wildcards is about as useful as a leaky boat in a hurricane). >>My advice is: If it works for you then use it! Don't ditch it because >>somebody else doesn't like it. Agreed, I never noticed specific problems with ARP, but I had a lot of otherwise untracable errors go away when I got rid of it. I don't really blame this on ARP. The BCPLish world of pre-2.0 CLI DOS is quirky enough to give anyone fits. > I haven't noticed any problems with using ARP 1.3, and I've used it > daily for well over a year. But I don't do much script writing. -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Mark Gooderum Only... \ Good Cheer !!! Academic Computing Services /// \___________________________ University of Kansas /// /| __ _ Bix: mgooderum \\\ /// /__| |\/| | | _ /_\ makes it Bitnet: MARKV@UKANVAX \/\/ / | | | | |__| / \ possible... Internet: markv@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~