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From: blgardne@esunix.UUCP (Blaine Gardner)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: ARP Replacement for List, Dir?
Message-ID: <742@esunix.UUCP>
Date: 9 Mar 88 14:34:54 GMT
References: <44461@sun.uucp>
Organization: Evans & Sutherland Computer Corporation
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From article <44461@sun.uucp>, by cmcmanis%pepper@Sun.COM (Chuck McManis):
> Ok, some explanations here. When you get arp you *must* put arp.library
> in the LIBS: directory. Why? Because the commands that come with the 
> ARP distribution use it to parse arguments etc.

One question, why does the ARP.library load in bits and pieces? It's a
bit annoying to type DIR, INFO, ASSIGN, and RENAME a few minutes apart,
and have the system request the ARP.library for each of those commands.
On my messy desk it can take a few minutes to find my SYS: disk again!

It would be nice if the whole library were loaded into RAM at the first
access. It's not so big as to cause memory shortages is it?

Of course there's my work-around: just type all the commands to get the
bits and pieces of the ARP.library loaded, then lose my SYS: disk. :-)

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