Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!ulowell!cbmvax!higgin
From: higgin@cbmvax.UUCP (Paul Higginbottom MKT)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Wild Cards, file syntax (was: arp CD command change???)
Message-ID: <6041@cbmvax.UUCP>
Date: 22 Feb 89 15:58:37 GMT
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Reply-To: higgin@cbmvax.UUCP (Paul Higginbottom MKT)
Organization: Commodore Technology, West Chester, PA
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In article <DEVEN.89Feb19210907@daniel.pawl.rpi.edu> deven@pawl.rpi.edu (Deven Corzine) writes:
$First off, . to "" is NOT such a simple translation, because shells
$won't usually pass the quotes without quoting THEM.

AmigaDOS shell does pass them.

$I see : vs. / for $root as more of a preference issue, but I prefer /.
					^^^
Fine.  Subjective Opionion (S.O)

$I don't like / for the parent directory.  It's just weird.  But that's preference,
									^^^
$I'd rather use "../file" than "/file" $to refer to a file in the parent directory.

S.O

$It is clearer and less prone to error.  (Accidental keybounce on the /, etc...)
 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
S.O.  UNIX is MORE characters which would seem to make IT more prone to error.
I can see no reason why ../file is clearer than /file.  It is clearer to one who
is more used for the former.

As for key bounce - it's been a while since I heard that as a reason to change
a DOS.

$Again, Unix is designed such that you can easily replace the
$shell, which is not so trivial a task on the Amiga.

But it has been done and many people are happy with the results.

$Also, the fact that most Amiga shells run under a CLI is a horrible kludge in my
$book.

UNIX has been around a bit longer than AmigaDOS :-)  Also, HOW big is UNIX?

I guess I really shouldn't have replied... <more gasoline>.  FYI I am a big UNIX
fan as well as an Amiga fan obviously, but having used so many different
"standards" and user interfaces over the years, I just kind of roll with the
differences.  AmigaDOS, DOS, VMS, Ultrix, EMACS, vi, EDT, ed (--you choke--), etc.

	Paul.