Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!littlei!omepd!griff From: griff@intelob.intel.com (Richard Griffith) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga Subject: Re: Some more 1.4 Suggestions Message-ID: Date: 24 Apr 89 17:08:08 GMT References: <0281.AA0281@myhut> Sender: news@omepd.UUCP Followup-To: comp.sys.amiga Organization: BiiN Information Systems, Hillsboro, Oregon Lines: 38 In-reply-to: gmd@myhut.UUCP's message of 22 Apr 89 20:51:22 GMT In article <0281.AA0281@myhut> gmd@myhut.UUCP (George MacDonald) writes: >Some more 1.4 Suggestions, if it's not to late!! >1] Symolic links ala BSD UNIX! These critters would be real useful with > the number of hardrives increasing. I use both Intuition and the > CLI alot and find I end up duplicating a lot of binaries. I put most > programs that I run from the CLI(csh actually) in work:c and some > in work:bin. However when I use intuition I like to see things > organized differently. I suppose I could make my path look everywhere > I have binary files, but it's bothersome to update and I presume > would slow down program invokation. no more bothersome than plunking down links everywhere - You should see our dir's here - a virtual spiderweb of links! Altho, I think links do have their advantages...link being able to keep several different versions of a given piece of software around.... >2] Also I was wondering if it would be possible to execute a > CLI script automatically when one changes into new directory. Say if > a directory contains a file called dir.setup, then if one cd'ed into > that directory then the script would be run automatically. This would > make it very easy to setup custom environments etc. This script > could also be run from intuition when a drawer is opened. why not just alias your "cd" command? have it source your dir.setup each time you enter a change.... xicon could do the same... - griff -- * Richard E. Griffith * Cyrus Hammerhand * * "griff" * Household of the Golden Wolf * * BiiN, Hillsboro Ore. * Dragons' Mist * * UUCP: ...[!uunet]!tektronix!biin!griff * An Tir * ************************************************************************** * These are MY opinions, if BiiN wanted them, They'd pay for `em! *