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From: Ram-Ashwin@cs.yale.edu (Ashwin Ram)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Re: Enough already! (Was: AUTO-exec sequence)
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Date: 11 Apr 88 01:10:42 GMT
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In-reply-to: preston@felix.UUCP (Preston Bannister)


In article <28139@felix.UUCP>, preston@felix (Preston Bannister) writes:
> 
> The first day I had my ST I read (in the documentation) that the order
> that programs are run is their order in the \AUTO folder.
> 
> It makes sense if you put yourself in the place of the guy writing the
> TOS code.

Actually, it makes more sense not to rely on the order of the files in any
directory at all (especially if you don't supply a 'Sort by order' option), but
rather to designate a special file which contains a list of the programs to be
run in the order in which you want them run.  Advantages:

1. Easy to specify program args too.
2. Easy for the user to edit and change (compare with copying files in and out
   of the AUTO folder).  Harder to make a mistake.
3. Easy to upgrade to a real shell script, if and when...

-- Ashwin.

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