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From: jesup@pawl11.pawl.rpi.edu (Randell E. Jesup)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: The 1001 Paths
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Date: 25 Mar 88 05:47:56 GMT
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In article <850@nuchat.UUCP> peter@nuchat.UUCP (Peter da Silva) writes:
>1> mount PATH:
>1> Assign C: PATH:df0:c!df1:c!ram:c
>1> list c:
>Directory "c:" on Thursday 23-Mar-00
>df0:c                        Dir rwed Tuesday   06:19:29
>df1:c                        Dir rwed Tuesday   06:19:29
>ram:c                        Dir rwed Tuesday   06:19:29
>3 directories - 1 block used
>1> assign
>...
>c               PATH:df0:c!df1:c!ram:c
>...
>1> Assign include: PATH:df0:include!vd0:include!Aztec:include
>1> set INCLUDE=include:

What happens when someone opens c:filename for write if a) it exists in one
of the directories, b) exists in more than one, c) exists in none?

What does one get back when one Examine()s the result of Lock("c:",...)?
Or when one ExNext()s it?

Sorry, I'm afraid this will remain a fantasy.  Why not just use shell
variables?  List won't find them, but then again list wouldn't produce the
output you showed anyway.

It would be twit to write a routine to a) get the shell var, b) try to open
the file in each of the directories in turn.  If you do, then post it to
the net (if it's done nicely.)

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