sneakers@heimat.UUCP (Dan "Sneakers" Schein) (07/14/89)
[ Since this isnt what I would call a technical question, im cross posting ] [ the reply but directing future replies to comp.sys.amiga only! ] In Message-ID: <3147@thor.acc.stolaf.edu>, hopp@agnes.stolaf.edu writes: >First, does anyone know what the real intent behind the S: directory is? Was >it intended as a place for shell scripts, or as a place for software >configuration files? It has been used for both. (And the main resident, >startup-sequence, fits into *both* catagories.) I wasnt around when the ideas for AmigaDOS were first formed, but I can say that "Execute" does look in the "S:" directory for script type files. This is where I keep mine and using an alias for execute (X) it makes life real nice. (Yes I know the 1.3 shell can eliminate my typing "X " - but I still like my shell better. Thanx for the tip though ;-) Sneakers -- ___ Dan "Sneakers" Schein //// BERKS AMIGA BBS Sneakers Computing //// 80+ Megs of software & messages 2455 McKinley Ave. ___ //// 12/2400 Baud - 24 Hrs West Lawn, PA 19609 \\\\ //// 215/678-7691 \\\\//// {pyramid|rutgers|uunet}!cbmvax!heimat!sneakers