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From: randy@cbmvax.cbm.UUCP (Randy Weiner)
Newsgroups: net.micro.amiga
Subject: Re: AmigaDos w/o Directory in AmigaDos
Message-ID: <219@cbmvax.cbmvax.cbm.UUCP>
Date: Fri, 9-May-86 08:23:42 EDT
Article-I.D.: cbmvax.219
Posted: Fri May  9 08:23:42 1986
Date-Received: Sun, 11-May-86 03:37:06 EDT
References: <327@ethz.UUCP>
Reply-To: randy@cbmvax.UUCP (Randy Weiner)
Organization: Commodore Technology, West Chester, PA
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In article <327@ethz.UUCP> claudio@ethz.UUCP (Claudio Nieder) writes:
>I think it is funny (?) that this sort of (non-)directory is implemented
>on a machine like the Amiga where most program will implement an OPEN
>command which shows up the directory so that you can select which file
>you need. On a UNIX or MSDOS computer you are free to type in the
>filename if you already know it, and you don't have to wait for the
>directory. On Window/Mouse-oriented programs on the Amiga you have to
>wait until the OPEN command has collected all filenames. Therefor I
>think the actual implementation of the file system (directory) is 
>unapropriate for the Amiga.
>
>					claudio

  The implementation of the OPEN operation in various programs
does not require that all files in a directory be listed before
selecting a file. This feature is a result of how the programmer
has written the code. It would be just as easy for the program
to have a menu option that lets you either OPEN (with a resultant
list of all files) or OPEN AS which then requests the user for a
filename.
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