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From: Lutz_Frank@ac2.maus.de (Lutz Frank)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Gemini Standard Usages
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Date: 3 Jun 91 19:26:00 GMT
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Hi Jim,

JO>Also, I have no idea what they are intending to use the "CDPATH"
JO>for.  I've never seen it on a Unix system or an OS-9 system and
JO>I don't know what program would look for it.  Is that supposed to
JO>be a path for CD Rom applications?

... the environment variable CDPATH is a Mupfel-feature, I think.
It is used to define where a "CD" (change dir) command - used in the
shell - should preferably look first.
Just a short look into the documentation ... (please excuse my
translation ;-))

     cd [dir]
          Changes to directory dir. Without arguments the value of
          $HOME will be used. Dir may contain a drive specification
          (eg. C:\BIN). If there is an CDPATH defined and a change
          to dir is not possible, then Mupfel puts dir
          at the end of each CDPATH-entry and tries to change
          directory at this path.

         example: cd TEST
                     path TEST not found
                     CDPATH defined as C:\FIRST, D:\SECOND
                  now Mupfel tries to make a
                  cd C:\FIRST\TEST
              and cd D:\SECON\TEST
                  before issuing an 'dir not found' error

Kind regards
               Lutz