Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!seismo!rutgers!ames!ucbcad!ucbvax!CORY.BERKELEY.EDU!dillon From: dillon@CORY.BERKELEY.EDU (Matt Dillon) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga Subject: Re: Shell 2.04 comments Message-ID: <8701201711.AA22167@cory.Berkeley.EDU> Date: Tue, 20-Jan-87 12:11:35 EST Article-I.D.: cory.8701201711.AA22167 Posted: Tue Jan 20 12:11:35 1987 Date-Received: Wed, 21-Jan-87 00:39:59 EST Sender: daemon@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU Organization: University of California at Berkeley Lines: 12 >I recently downloaded Matt Dillon's Shell V2.04 and have a couple >of questions. The first is that if you type in a command that the >shell doesn't know, it checks df0:. Unfortunately my C: and SYS: >and path are all for the harddrive, dh0:. Why isn't the current >directory searched for commands? Second, a friend was impressed The shell has a $_path variable which lists the directories to search when trying to find an external command (The current directory is always searched). The default tries RAM:, DF0:, and DF1:. You can change it to whatever you want. -Matt