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From: jms@antares.UUCP (Joe Smith)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: trouble with rad:
Summary: Use ASSIGN like it says in the manual.
Message-ID: <409@antares.UUCP>
Date: 27 Feb 89 06:56:39 GMT
References: <3656@utastro.UUCP>
Reply-To: jms@antares.UUCP (Joe Smith)
Organization: Tymnet QSATS, San Jose CA
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In article <3656@utastro.UUCP> sjk@utastro.UUCP (Scot Kleinman) writes:
> In my startup-sequence, I put a routine which will mount
>rad: and stick my most-used c commands there. Since rad: will
>survive re-boot, I put a line like 
>	if not exists rad:   [blah blah blah].
>but the very first time I boot, a requestor appears asking me to
>input rad in any drive.

Why didn't you use the example on page 5-5 of the AmigaDOS 1.3 Manual?

	FailAt 30
	Assign RAD: exists
	If warn
	  Echo "Mounting RAD:"
	  Mount RAD:
	EndIf
	If not exists RAD:c
	  (copy file to RAD:)
	EndIf

The ASSIGN command was changed in 1.3 just so that this can be done.

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