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From: papa@pollux.usc.edu (Marco Papa)
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Subject: Re: C:Execute
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Date: 10 Apr 89 05:18:45 GMT
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>In article <7680.AA7680@heimat> sneakers@heimat.UUCP (Dan "Sneakers" Schein) writes:
>>   For those who did't know, "EXECUTE" looks in the S: directory automagicly.
>>  So any script file in their can be started with just "EXECUTE script_file".
>>  (Or "X script_file" if you rename "EXECUTE" ;-)

It is even better than that. Set the "script" bit with PROTECT fname +s and
then you don't even have to invoke execute. (I am not sure whether this is
documented anywhere, but it works!). Just type the name.

-- Marco Papa 'Doc'
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