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From: geert@ahds.ahold.nl (Geert W.T. Jonkheer CCS/TS)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Re: Gemini Standard Usages
Message-ID: <1994@ahds.ahold.nl>
Date: 3 Jun 91 07:19:22 GMT
References: <1991May31.184317.26514@lsuc.on.ca>
Organization: Ahold NV, Zaandam, Netherlands, EEC
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In article <1991May31.184317.26514@lsuc.on.ca>, jimomura@lsuc.on.ca (Jim Omura) writes:
> 
> I've been working with Gemini off and on for a while now and
> I hope somebody can pass these comments to the programming team.
> It's all regarding the "mupfel.mup" file:
> 
> Stuff deleted...
> 
> Also, I have no idea what they are intending to use the "CDPATH"
> for.  I've never seen it on a Unix system or an OS-9 system and
> I don't know what program would look for it.  Is that supposed to
> be a path for CD Rom applications?
> -- 
CDPATH is not for CD Rom applications, it is very handy if you are 
using several disk partitions. You can tell gemini where to look
for a directory name when you do a 'cd Directory'. It's also very
handy when you are using a lot of directories.

For example, if you are using the partitions C..F and you have 
a directory called 'UTILITY' and is located on drive E:,
CD looks for the directory 'UTILITY' on drive E: only if you have
specified drive E: in CDPATH (CDPATH=C:\;D:\;E:\;F:\). 
When you are for example in the directory 'C:\EDITOR\WORDPLUS\DOCS' 
and you do a cd UTILITY, gemini will succeed in finding it. 
When GEMINI finds it, it also prints the full path of the
directory. Hope you now know where CDPATH is use for.

Geert.