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From: keithd@gryphon.COM (Keith Doyle)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.tech
Subject: Re: Amiga Roadblocks to User Friendliness
Message-ID: <10023@gryphon.COM>
Date: 27 Dec 88 09:01:03 GMT
References: <9910@gryphon.COM> <6546@killer.DALLAS.TX.US>
Reply-To: keithd@gryphon.COM (Keith Doyle)
Organization: Trailing Edge Technology, Redondo Beach, CA
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In article <6546@killer.DALLAS.TX.US> elg@killer.DALLAS.TX.US (Eric Green) writes:
>Foo. Bogus. Simply have a file:
>
>s:bbs_devices
>
>which contains the lines:
>
>upload_dir=DH1:uploads
>bulletin_dir=DH0:bulletins
>etc.
>
>And at startup have your program grok that file i.e. DON'T use the
>"assign" convention.

Except that your example must first check "filename" to see if it
is a full pathname, instead of a relative pathname, and only prepend
the current directory if it is a relative pathname.  Agreed, this
technique will work, though assigns may also be useful in the process, 
and startup script mods are still needed for PATH ADD commands and any 
other application related boot requirements, even if you eliminate any
need for ASSIGNs.

I got it!  Let's just put everything in one big giant C: directory
then we won't have any of these problems :-)

Keith Doyle
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