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Conference hydra::amiga_v1

Title:	AMIGA NOTES
Notice:	Join us in the NEW conference - HYDRA::AMIGA_V2
Moderator:	HYDRA::MOORE

Created:	Sat Apr 26 1986
Last Modified:	Wed Feb 05 1992
Last Successful Update:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:	5378
Total number of notes:	38326

4218.0. "ASHELL doesn't like $'s in SEDT$DIR" by RGB::ROSE () Tue Oct 23 1990 14:25

    	I finally got around to installing ARP on my system. I used
    ARPREL13.zoo dated 15-APR-89. I installed all the commands and ASHELL.
    I have found a situation where ASHELL and my definitions for SEDT 
    conflict. In StartupII, I have assigns for SEDT$DIR and SEDT$TMP. 
    When I make ASHELL resident (the instructions say to comment out a 
    statement in Startup-Sequence that says:
    
    	resident cli shell-seg, whatever...)
    
    Anyway, when I do that, ASHELL doesn't like the $ signs in the SEDT
    assigns. 
    
    	Also, I couldn't get pipes to work. I installed CONMAN, added PIP:
    to the mountlist, and mounted PIP: successfully. When I try to use a 
    pipe, it says it couldn't open a pipe. (PIPE: is also mounted). Did I 
    forget something? Does anybody have a fix for the SEDT$ proplem?
    
    	The system seems to run a little faster since I installed it. But
    then my car runs faster when I wash it, too :-)

T.R	Title	User	Personal Name	Date	Lines
4218.1		WJG::GUINEAU		`Tue Oct 23 1990 15:29`	15
	> Anyway, when I do that, ASHELL doesn't like the $ signs in the SEDT assigns. I used to get bit by that too. I think you can put 2 $ in a row to 'escape' the special meaning of '$' to the shell: sedt$$dir > Also, I couldn't get pipes to work. I installed CONMAN, added PIP: > to the mountlist, and mounted PIP: successfully. When I try to use a > pipe, it says it couldn't open a pipe. (PIPE: is also mounted). Did I > forget something? Does anybody have a fix for the SEDT$ proplem? Had that problem too, but don't remember how I solved it... sorry!
4218.2	$signs	JARETH::SLACK		`Tue Oct 23 1990 16:48`	2
	I replaced the $ with _ as suggested in note 2475.1 Works well for me.
4218.3	$$ appears to return the CLI numbr	RGB::ROSE		`Wed Oct 24 1990 10:10`	22
	Strange. I tried it and ASHELL accepted the assign statements, but SEDT$DIR and SEDT$TMP were not assigned when I tried to run SEDT. As far as I can tell from the ASHMAN documentation, $$ is a function that returns the CLI number. The first $ says to expand an environment variable, and the second $ is the variable containing the CLI number. I will try a couple of more possibilities tonight, such as, SEDT"$"DIR or SEDT"$$"DIR or dollar="$" SEDT$dollarDIR dollar=
4218.4		CLO::COBURN	Growing older, but not up...	`Wed Oct 24 1990 14:54`	6
	Re: .3 Could you upload a copy of the ASHMAN documentation (or point me to where it is located)? I haven't been able to find it. Thanks. John
4218.5	try "Sedt*$Dir:"	DECWET::DAVIS	You always get what you deserve	`Thu Oct 25 1990 02:15`	9
	To get the OS to accept the assigns type: Assign "Sedt$Dir:" dev:dir Assign "Sedt$Tmp:" dev:dir I do not know if they will work within Sedt but the assigns will be accepted. md
4218.6	-.1 works fine with Sedt	DECWET::DAVIS	You always get what you deserve	`Thu Oct 25 1990 03:00`	7
	re .5 I use ARP/AShell and am now using Sedt. It works fine with the logicals defined as in the previous note. Question. Where is the "DO" key on the Amiga keyboard? mark
4218.7		CLO::COBURN	Growing older, but not up...	`Thu Oct 25 1990 16:34`	1
	Try GOLD KP7 to get to the SEDT command prompt.
4218.8	looks like sedt*$ is OK	RGB::ROSE		`Thu Oct 25 1990 23:58`	9
	I think the setd$dir: works, but I am not 100% sure. After trying everything I could think of and not finding anything that worked, I got out the binary editer and changed all the SEDT$ instances to SEDT_ in the executable. There is more than one way to skin a cat... So, later, I tried assigning sedt$foo: then did a dir of sedt$foo: and it worked. So, it must be OK. Thanks for the help...