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From: richc@madvax.UUCP
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: The PATH that was missing experience
Message-ID: <536@madvax.UUCP>
Date: Mon, 6-Apr-87 20:41:24 EST
Article-I.D.: madvax.536
Posted: Mon Apr  6 20:41:24 1987
Date-Received: Wed, 8-Apr-87 06:28:16 EST
Organization: Varian Instruments, Walnut Creek CA
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Keywords: PATH command


	
	
	Before I start, I would like to express my appreciation to all
the people on comp.sys.amiga for supporting the AMIGA and making it a
fantastic computer.  The amount of work and effort put into this news
group is awesome.  I've been with this group and the previous group
(net.micro.amiga) for about 5000 articles and have just learned that
I can post an article.  Now I can contribute to the discussions and
pass along my experiences, so the next guy can come up to speed on this
great machine faster.

The PATH that was missing: 
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	After booting up my system with V1.2, I noticed that the path
that was specified in the startup-sequence, was not active when I started
up a new CLI with POPCLI II or with the CLI ICON.  In fact the path was
in the reset default mode.  After an hour of modifying the startup-sequence,
I tracked down the cause.  It seems, if the path command is issued after
POPCLI II, then a new CLI is started, the path is in the default condition.
It seems, when opening any CLI and modifying the path, then ending the CLI,
the additions to the path are lost when a new CLI is opened.  The only path
that remains is the initial path at the beginning of the startup-sequence.
I thought a path command should specify a search path for the computer, not
just for the current CLI.  Is this a bug with the path command or a feature.
I'm posting this in the hopes that the next guy who comes across this problem
(I think its a bug) won't have to spend time tracking it down.  Could someone
confirm or comment on this?  

	Thanks in advance
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