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From: xxiaoye@eleazar.dartmouth.edu (Xiaoxia Ye)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: Does a Mac command-line file interface exist?
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Date: 14 May 89 06:17:12 GMT
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In article <8410@phoenix.Princeton.EDU> bskendig@phoenix.Princeton.EDU (Brian Scott Kendig) writes:
[...]
>
>I realized the other day that the Mac might benefit from this kind of dual
>interface.  Does any sort of CLI exist for the Mac?  I don't see that it would
>be terribly difficult to make a DA (or perhaps an application to run under
>Multifinder) that could parse typed commands and relay them on to the file
>handler, so I'd be surprised if this sort of thing had not been tried before.
>
>Trouble is, I can't find any examples of it.  Could someone point me in the
>right direction - show me where to find such a program as I seek, send me one,
>or send me code which might help me create my own CLI interface program?
>
>--
>| Brian S. Kendig         /\ +----+ /\ of Power  | bskendig                   |





I am definitely interested in any progress you may have on this query.
Please e-mail or post any information you have received on this matter.


Thanks in advance.













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