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From: jap@convex.cl.msu.edu (Joe Porkka)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.introduction
Subject: Re: Basic AmigaDOS questions
Keywords: HELP
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Date: 22 May 91 19:13:03 GMT
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cygnus@yaya.wpi.edu (Marshall Robin) writes:

>How do you create an icon for a file that doesn't have one?
>what is the .info file for?

The .info files are the icons that the Workbench displays.
Disk.info is the icon for a given volume. (one per disk please).
They also contain other info, like the TOOLTYPEs and STACK size variables.

>I'll probably have loads more questions, so...

>Can someone refer me to a good ref manual concerning these and other
>AmigaDOS questions?

Strictly speaking AmigaDOS is only a part of the entire AmigaOS.
AmigaDOS doesn't know that #?.info files are anything special - but
the Workbench does.

The best reference is of course the ROM Kernel Manuals.