[comp.sys.amiga] BUG in SCRIPT: Handler

rrogers@sumax.seattleu.edu (SuedeHead) (01/29/91)

A bug has been found in the SCRIPT: device handler.  (Thanks Bud)  I believe
I have isolated it, and am attempting to verify this even as I type.  The
bug causes all sorts of crazy symptoms, including Gurus.  Do not use SCRIPT:
near anything important until I've corrected this problem.

For those of you who have reported problems using SCRIPT: with WShell & ConMan:
These are not bugs (I think).  Commands and features which depend on direct
communication with ConMan will not (and should not) work from within SCRIPT:ed
shells.  (this will be fixed in a future version though)  This is because 
ConMan uses private packets to implement some of its features.  (I think...
Anyone out there familiar with ConMan internals care to fill me in?)

For the next version of SCRIPT: I want to have the default device and log file
as ENV: variables.  Is it safe to assume such variables can always be accessed
as files as in 1.3 ?