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From: mqh@batcomputer.TN.CORNELL.EDU (Mike Hojnowski)
Newsgroups: net.micro.atari16
Subject: Re: Micro C-Shell Info Request
Message-ID: <780@batcomputer.TN.CORNELL.EDU>
Date: Wed, 30-Jul-86 00:15:54 EDT
Article-I.D.: batcompu.780
Posted: Wed Jul 30 00:15:54 1986
Date-Received: Thu, 31-Jul-86 02:09:21 EDT
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Reply-To: mqh@batcomputer.UUCP (Mike Hojnowski)
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Organization: Theory Center, Cornell University, Ithaca NY
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Keywords: Micro C-Shell
Summary: Good package

In article <93@uwmacc.UUCP> demillo@uwmacc.UUCP (Rob DeMillo) writes:
>
>I am interested in knowing things like: 
>	- does it allow access to .login or .cshrc files or
>	  their equivalents?
> 	- does it allow batch files?
>	- does it allow access to the desk accessories?

I have Micro C-Shell, and am quite pleased with it.  The true UN*X hack
will find the shell to be missing a lot of niceties, but for the casual
user like myself, it's more than adequate.  The Shell does have a login
file called "login.sh", but nothing like a .cshrc that I've noticed.  
Once you're in the shell, you've left the desktop behind though, as far
as I know, you can't access the desk accessories easily.  

The shell handles paths, aliases, history, shell variables, and lots of
other goodies.  Also included are some utilities like lpr, more, pr, etc...
It's very easy to set up a nice working environment.  Beckemeyer, bless his
heart, doesn't use any of that obnoxious copy protection stuff, so you
don't have worry about dropping pizza on the master disk (I almost did that
to my PC/InterC*mm disk once.  I wouldn't have bought it if I'd have realized 
what a pain that protection scheme would be).

My one major gripe is that the shell won't run from the "auto" directory.
My guess is that it's because the shell feels obligated to give you a
nice full-screen logo, complete with button, before becoming sane again 
and giving a prompt.  Personally, I would dispense with the desktop altogether 
if I could, but I'm forced into it just long enough to double-click on the 
shell.  
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