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From: mr3@ukc.ac.uk (M.Rizzo)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.programmer
Subject: Re: Multiple C Directories
Message-ID: <7673@harrier.ukc.ac.uk>
Date: 23 May 91 22:24:37 GMT
References: <sk21s22.4750@amiglynx.UUCP> <21768@cbmvax.commodore.com>
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In article <21768@cbmvax.commodore.com> carolyn@cbmvax.commodore.com (Carolyn Scheppner - CATS) writes:

>3. Under 2.0, the ASSIGN command can add additional paths to an
>   assign such as C:

I don't have 2.0 yet (but I hopefully soon will). If I understand
the above statement correctly, an assign can be made to refer to
several paths as opposed to just one (as in 1.3). Effectively C: can
be viewed as an equivalent to the PATH environment variable under
UNIX.

If I got this right, can someone please tell me what happens if
I say things like

	dir c:
	cd c:
	copy foo c:

where c: has been assigned to multiple paths ?

Also, does this enhancement to assigns mean that I can place
shared libraries and fonts in multiple directories and have
them searched for without having to re-assign FONTS: and LIBS:
everytime ?  If so, a big hooray for Commodore !

Thanks,

Mike