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From: rodney@gitpyr.UUCP (RODNEY RICKS)
Newsgroups: net.micro.amiga
Subject: Re: Has Anyone written/seen programs like these?
Message-ID: <1908@gitpyr.UUCP>
Date: Thu, 26-Jun-86 18:46:11 EDT
Article-I.D.: gitpyr.1908
Posted: Thu Jun 26 18:46:11 1986
Date-Received: Sat, 28-Jun-86 04:13:12 EDT
References: <5231@topaz.RUTGERS.EDU>
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Organization: Georgia Institute of Technology
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Keywords: Source,Request

In article <5231@topaz.RUTGERS.EDU> mende@topaz.RUTGERS.EDU (Mende) writes:
>
>  First and most importantly, has anyone written a program that will
>kill a process *and* reclaim the memory that it was using.  I have

Don't hold your breath waiting for this one.  AmigaDOS does not keep track
of all of the resources allocated to a task, so it doesn't know where to
find them when the task is killed.  The task must handle this itself.
(Someone correct me if I'm wrong).


>  Second program is a little more difficult.  The program I am
>thinking of is a Un*x-like alias command.  Right now I am running off

This isn't quite what you asked for, but the ASSIGN command can be used
to simulate an alias command.  For example,

   ASSIGN rm: sys:c/delete

   RM: dead meat

This works (assuming delete is in the c directory of sys:), but since
your are in theory assigning a device, you have to have the colon on
the end of the new command.

Disclaimer:  My opinions in no way represent those of Georgia Tech, Alfie
             the killer rabbit, or any sentient creature in this or any
             other universe.

Rodney Ricks
   Department of Information and Computer Science
   Georgia Insitute of Technology  Atlanta, Georgia 30332

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