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Subject: cd bug
Message-ID: <13147@ucla-cs.ARPA>
Date: Sat, 10-May-86 16:58:59 EDT
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Posted: Sat May 10 16:58:59 1986
Date-Received: Wed, 14-May-86 06:02:02 EDT
Reply-To: occ4mgk@oac.ucla.edu, cc1@ucla-cs.UUCP (Michael Gersten)
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There is a bug with cd that makes me wonder just how well directories work.

cd df1:
cd dir1		# now in sub directory
# switch disks, put 1 in 0, 0 in 1
cd /		# this should put you in df0:

instead, it puts you in df1:

Incidently, the current directory of the initial cli task is 'RDF0:',
that is, whatever disk happens to be in drive 0 at the time, not
sys:

What I would like to see:
The ability to specify 'RDF0:' (or similar) to mean 'Disk in there when
you look' in other things as well. So, you could
assign c: rdf0:c
or
assign c: path rdf0:c rdf1:
and use whatever drives are on at the time.

By the way, can 1.2 use 5" drives, or is that still only for the emulator?

Final request: GET RID OF THE FIXED # OF FILES!
This is the biggest problem I have with AmigaDos. Because of fixed #
of files, filename expansion is useless. WORSE, if I wind up with 2
files, then because of the 'hidden to options' that 1/2 the commands have
I wind up destroying something.

PLEASE, get rid of all those 'TO' options.
ADD the concept of a standard error output.
And PARSE the input line to see what files you have.

The setup for argc/argv can't be much more than your current
arg passer, can it?

		Michael Gersten
"There is nothing wrong with either the Mac or the Amiga that 4 meg
can't fix"
-- 
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