| as previously stated, quotes are used for logicals with spaces in
the name, not much written on this topic, it's worthwhile experimenting
with quotes in the assign command. There can even be redundancies,
but quotes are sometimes better to use than not.
eg:
Assign "DPAINT:" hdrive:dpaint (for dpaint II)
or
Assign "MWdisk:" Hdisk:MWdisk is effectively the same as
Assign MWdisk: Hdisk:mwdisk (for the game of MIND WALKER by Commodore)
but the actual game is called MIND WALKER (see the space)
if you want MIND WALKER in a root directory, assign as
ASSIGN "MIND WALKER:" "hdisk:MIND WALKER"
or if a subdirectory
ASSIGN "MIND WALKER:" "hdisk:MWdisk/mind walker"
also works ,even if redundant to make the point it's possible
There are three search priorities for the ASSIGN command
Volumes come first, then directories, then logicals; doing assignments
can get rid of the 'put it in df0:'requestors if done with priority
in mind, else you'll get the requestor anyway but when you cancell
it, the search continues down the priority line and if the assign
is found, the program executes having gone thru the annoying request.
generally,I've found that the use of quotes with ASSIGN is as valid
as their use with other commands.
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